Masters of the Air
America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany
Here is the dramatic story of the American bomber boys in World War II—Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart among them—who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep before Allied soldiers set foot on German soil. With the narrative power of fiction, this is a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden. World War II could not have been won without the US Eighth Air Force, pummeling Germany by day while the British bombed at night. Sadly, losses were horrendous. In 1943, an American bomber crewman stood only a one-in-five chance of surviving his tour of duty. The Eighth lost more men in the war than the US Marine Corps. But eventually the bombing succeeded, crippling the German war effort. This is a deeply moving account of the world’s first and only bomber war.
