Operation Chowhound : the most risky, most glorious US bomber mission of WWII

280 Pages·2015·2.36 MB·English

by  Dando-Collins

OPERATION CHOWHOUND
THE MOST RISKY, MOST GLORIOUS US BOMBER
MISSION OF WWII
STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS
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CONTENTS
Cover
Maps
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Acknowledgments
Preface
1: Navigator Ellis B. Scripture’s Prayer
2: Hitler’s Secret Agent
3: The Suspect Prince in the World of James Bond
4: The Bridge Too Far: The Failure to Liberate Holland
5: The Germans Go on the Offensive
6: Surviving the Hunger Winter
7: An Offer from Nazi Governor Seyss-Inquart
8: President “Dutch” Roosevelt’s Promise
9: “Beetle” Bedell Smith’s Plan
10: Farley Mowat Goes behind German Lines
11: The Achterveld Agreement
12: The First Nervous Test Flight
13: Ike’s Hatchet Man Tells the Nazi Governor Straight
14: The US 8th Air Force Prepares for Chowhound
15: May 1, 1945: B-17s over Holland at 400 Feet
16: Germans Open Fire on Chowhound Bombers
17: Audrey Hepburn’s Birthday Present: The Liberation of Holland
18: Grif Mumford’s Special Air Delivery to a Dutch Sister
19: Bombardier Braidic’s Fateful Decision
20: The End: For Seyss-Inquart and the War
21: The Aftermath
22: The Best Thing We Ever Did in the War
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Photographs
About the Author
Copyright
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
For their help my grateful thanks go to my publisher Karen Wolny; my New
York literary agent, Richard Curtis; and to Eric Heijink, creator of the Operation
Manna website in the Netherlands. Also to James Mutton of the 95th Bomb
Group Heritage Association in the UK.
And, as always, my special thanks goes to my wife, Louise, who keeps me
flying high.