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i The illustrated Biography ot the B-17s and the Men Who FlewThem • by EDWARD JABLONSKI $7.50 Wi7/j tuorethan400stunningillustra- tions, here isthegrippingand unfor- gettablestoryoftheB-17—thegreatest fightingplaneofWorldWarII—andof thegallantcrewswhomadehistoryin thelegendary FLYING FORIRESS EDWARD JABLOIISKI The Boeing B-17 was more than a phme—and its story, and that of its crews—ismorethanhistory.Itisdrama, romance,adventure,tragedyandfolk- lore set against the panorama of the greatestwarinhistory.Tothemenwho flew in the B-17, and particularly to thosewhofeelthevowetheirlivesto thismajesticaircraft,itwasmorethan ametalmonsterwithfourenginesand a hundred-foot wing. The B-17 was almosthuman—theQueenoftheBomb- ers,theBigBird,aGlorvWagon,affec- tionately named "Rosie's Riveters," "MemphisBelle,""Swoose,""Suzy-Q," "Hell's Angels"—names which during thebittersweetyearsofwarbecameas celebrated as the men who fought in them. In flak-blackened skies over Berlin, orSchweinfurt,orMerseburg,orReg- ensburg,thesemenshareduntoldmo- mentsofterrorandexhilaration.After enemyfightershadknockedouttwoor even three engines, or flak had torn greatholesinthesidesandwing,the crews believed the B-17—with its un- canny will to live—would bring them home,frightened,frozen,woundedand dead. Theseveryyoungmen,mostof them neither professional airmen nor soldiers, look back upon those war yearswithdreadtoday,buttheyhave never forgotten their plane and how much, forsome perhaps mystical rea- son,theylovedit. (Continuedonbackflap) BY EDWARD JABLONSKI TheGershwinYears,withLawrenced.stewaht HaroldArlen: HappyWiththeBlues GeorgeGershwin The Knighted Skies The GreatWar Flying Fortress FLYING FORTRESS 4 4^ FLYING FORTRESS THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF THE B-17S AND THE MEN WHO FLEW THEM EDWARD JABLONSKI DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC., GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK LCIOBPnYAHHIYCHOTF©CON1C9H6E5SSBYCAETDAWLAORGDCAJBABDLONNUSMKBIER65-19886 ALLBIGHTS HESERVED PRINTEDIN THEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA
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