Author: CHILDERS, THOMAS
Title: Wings of Morning the Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II
Description: Reading, MA: Da Capo Press, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0201483106. Review Copy with laid-in review sheet. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Howard Goodner plunged out of the Black Cat, the last American bomber shot down over Germany in World War II, early on the morning of April 21, 1945. The B-24 Liberator was hit at 22,000 feet and broke into pieces. Goodner, just 21, had no parachute. He came down in a free fall alongside bombs and oxygen tanks, spinning toward the Bavarian village of Scharmassing. He landed in a field outside town, his body striking the earth so hard that it left a crater nearly six inches deep." (from the Washington Post). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0201483106 World War II Thomas Childers The Crew Of The Black Cat Bombers Germany Prisoners Of War
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Title: Wings of Morning the Story of the Last American Bomber Shot Down over Germany in World War II
Description: Reading, MA: Da Capo Press, 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0201483106. Review Copy with laid-in review sheet. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Howard Goodner plunged out of the Black Cat, the last American bomber shot down over Germany in World War II, early on the morning of April 21, 1945. The B-24 Liberator was hit at 22,000 feet and broke into pieces. Goodner, just 21, had no parachute. He came down in a free fall alongside bombs and oxygen tanks, spinning toward the Bavarian village of Scharmassing. He landed in a field outside town, his body striking the earth so hard that it left a crater nearly six inches deep." (from the Washington Post). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0201483106 World War II Thomas Childers The Crew Of The Black Cat Bombers Germany Prisoners Of War
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 43756
- Book number: 43756
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