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c2001., Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 940.54 4973 092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the experiences of American G.I. Dale Aldrich during the Second World War, during which he served as a ball turret, or belly gunner, on a B-17 bomber, flying bombing missions over occupied Europe and spending more than a year interned in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp.
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By Rice, Earlec2003., Chelsea House Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles Claire Lee Chennault who, after retiring from the United States Army Air Corps, volunteered as an advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek and led both Chinese and American air troops against Japan during World War II.
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[2013], Harper Call No: WWII Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In November 1942, a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar mount an expedition to solve the mystery of the vanished plane and recover the remains of the lost plane's crew.
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Ã2013., Harper Perennial Call No: B Zuckoff Edition: First Harper Perennial edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Details the efforts of a crashed B-17 to survive in Greenland during the winter of 1942 and 1943. Also chronicles the author's expedition to the region in 2012 to help recover the remains of the crewmen who did not survive.
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-- True story of escape from Nazi-occupied France2016., Berkley Caliber Call No: WAR Edition: 1st ed.: January 20 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tells the story of World War II United States Air Force turret gunner Arthur Myerowitz, who as shot down over Nazi-occupied France and through incredible acts of friendship, heroism, and valor, evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom."--Dust jacket.
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c2011., Harper Call No: Warfare Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides an account of the crash of a transport plane carrying twenty-four American servicemen and WACs on May 13, 1945, during a sightseeing trip over the Shangri-La Valley in the mountains of Dutch New Guinea, tells how survivors Margaret Hastings, John McCollom, and Kenneth Decker, injured and grieving, braved man-eating headhunters and enemy Japanese troops to find refuge with a primitive tribe which had never seen white people, and discusses their daring rescue.
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-- Lucky six six six2016., Simon & Schuster Call No: MILITARY NF DRU Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. October 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his crew who fly their lone B-17 into the Japanese Empire in 1943, engaging in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the War in the Pacific.
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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Capstone Call No: WWII NF BRA Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Gives readers an up-close look at the harrowing story of the 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron's escape from behind Nazi Lines after surviving a plane crash in enemy territory"--Provided by publisher.
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c2010., Random House Call No: WWII NF HIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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Ã2010., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: WAR Edition: 2014 Random House t Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2010., Random House Call No: HI-INT B ZAM Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the efforts of Louis Zamperini to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after his bomber crashed in May 1943. Discusses how Zamperini managed to endure his ordeal and fought through feelings of desperation along the way.
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c2010., Random House Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
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c2010., Random House Call No: B Zamperini Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the efforts of Louis Zamperini to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after his bomber crashed in May 1943. Discusses how Zamperini managed to endure his ordeal and fought through feelings of desperation along the way.
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c2007., Primary, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An African American boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from the dusty dirt roads of Alabama to the war-torn skies of Europe as a Tuskegee Airman in World War II.