bomber pilots

Stella Suberman shares the story of her experiences as a young bride during World War II, discussing what it was like to be a Jew in wartime America, and describing the difficulties she encountered trying to be with her husband during his training, and waiting for him after he was shipped overseas.

Draws on firsthand accounts, archival records, and photographs to chronicle the air war in the Pacific during World War II through the stories of the last surviving aviators of the Imperial Japanese Naval unit.

The story of the men chosen by the Army Air Forces to man the B-24 bombers which made a vital contribution to the Allied victory.

The story of the men chosen by the Army Air Forces to man the B-24 bombers which made a vital contribution to the Allied victory.

The story of two pilots who fought on different sides during World War II. Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown was a former farm boy from West Virginia who flew a B-17. Second Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria, who flew a German Messerschmitt, did not want to fight in the war. Twenty-one year old Charlie Brown's badly damaged plane was struggling to fly over wartime Germany on its first mission with half the crew wounded or dead when Franz Stigler's plane came up behind him. What happened next wound defy imagination. Charlie and Franz would finally meet as old men when they felt safe discussing the situation.

One of the pilots who helped to carry out Doolittle's mission of bombing Tokyo in April 1942 furnishes details on the preparations and planning for the raid and describes the attack and its aftermath.

Tells the story of David Mattingley, a young Australian pilot with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, discussing his lifelong passion for planes, his training, and experiences in the military, and describing the events of November 29, 1944, when David was critically wounded while flying his twenty-third mission over Germany.

A career biography of George Bush, focusing on his accomplishments as a business executive and as President of the United States.