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By George Webster

  • Gives the reader a firsthand examine conflict from within a B-17 bomber in international battle II
  • Focuses at the 92nd Bomb crew, eighth Air strength and comprises missions to the Schweinfurt ball-bearing plant and Berlin
  • One of the 1st bills of being shot down over Sweden

    The Savage Sky is as shut as you may get to experiencing aerial strive against whereas nonetheless staying firmly planted at the floor. The writing is bright and intimate, describing the sour chilly at excessive altitudes, gut-wrenching worry, deadly shrapnel from flak, and German opponents darting in the course of the bomber formation like feeding sharks.

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    Other men in line had equally-sad stories. I began to see a dark side of war that had not been in the newspapers. First stop was a medical laboratory. Two men with dead-white faces lay on cots at the rear. "I bet they passed out," a man behind me said. " While I wondered why the sight of 'a man on it cot would make me faint, a medic took my blood. Thud! The man behind me fainted. The medics immunized me for typhoid, tetanus, and smallpox, examined me, and pronounced me fit for military service.

    For most of the trip, I talk with Herb Moomaw, radio operator for Robert Lehner's crew. Herb is a big, smiling, intelligent fellow with a calm voice and positive outlook. Talking with him makes me feel better. "The missions may be rough, but I bet we come through all right," Herb says. " This chatter continues while the train rushes through an everchanging panorama of fields, forests, villages, and towns. It stops at St. Albans, Luton, and Bedford. At each station, British men in fine suits and derby hats mix with men in tweeds and gray caps and women wearing everything from furs to cloth coats.

    I couldn't understand wanting to fly, but I admired his grit. John Kindred, the tail gunner, was a quiet fellow from Saint Louis. The best way to describe him was thoughtful. From the moment that we met, we were together. We ate together, relaxed together, went to orientation classes together, and talked endlessly. The air force felt that bomber crews would perform their jobs better if we bonded and trusted each other. Our first job was to become familiar with every inch of a B-17 bomber. The B-17 bristled with eleven fifty-caliber machine guns.

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