Blood and Fears
How America's Bomber Boys and Girls in England won their war
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Hardback
£25.00
Publisher: W&N
ISBN: 9781474601627
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 12/05/2016
Width: 16.4 cm
Height: 23.6 cm
n this comprehensive history, Kevin Wilson has allowed the youngsters of the 8th to tell their stories of blood and heroism in their own words. At the same time, he has opened up the lives of the Women's Army Corps and Red Cross girls who served in England with them and feared for the men in the skies, and he hasn't flinched from recounting the devastation of bombing or the testimony of shocked German civilians
'Kevin Wilson has gathered together a treasure trove of unique stories from an incredible range of sources. Tense, thrilling and often tragic, his book brings to vivid life the everyday heroism of the American bomber boys' -- Keith Lowe, bestselling author of Savage Continent '[A] gripping tribute to the British-based US 8th Air Force during the Second World War' -- Simon Griffith * Mail on Sunday * 'Mr Wilson's all-guns-blazing history of the USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) boys and girls covers everything from Glenn Miller dances and gifts of silk stockings to nerve-wracking daylight raids over Germany. It flies' -- John Lewis-Stempel * Sunday Express * This is vivid and revealing material. * WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? * gripping tribute to the British-based US 8th Air Force during the Second World War -- Simon Griffith * MAIL ON SUNDAY * In the hands of a master craftsman with a keen eye for human detail the story (Wilson) has to tell is as compelling as it is comprehensive. -- Steve Snelling * EASTERN DAILY PRESS *