4.3
Wild Blue 741 Squadron - on a Wing and a Prayer Over Occupied Europe
In the bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, Stephen E. Ambrose portrayed in vivid detail the experiences of soldiers who fought on the bloody battlegrounds of World War II. THE WILD BLUE brings to life another extraordinary band of brothers - the men who volunteered to join the American Air Force and undertook some of the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. Focusing on the men of the 741st Bomb Squadron and, in particular, the crew of the DAKOTA QUEEN, these are the boys turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators and gunners of the B24s, who suffered 50 per cent casualties during conflict. With his extraordinary talent for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose sweeps us along in the B24s as their crews fought to the death to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine.
Biography & AutobiographyMilitaryPoliticalAviation & NauticalHistoryWars & Conflicts
RELEASED2002
PUBLISHERSimon & Schuster
LENGTH299
LANGUAGEEN
Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history. **Source**: [Stephen E. Ambrose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_E._Ambrose) on Wikipedia.
4.3
Wild Blue 741 Squadron - on a Wing and a Prayer Over Occupied Europe
In the bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, Stephen E. Ambrose portrayed in vivid detail the experiences of soldiers who fought on the bloody battlegrounds of World War II. THE WILD BLUE brings to life another extraordinary band of brothers - the men who volunteered to join the American Air Force and undertook some of the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. Focusing on the men of the 741st Bomb Squadron and, in particular, the crew of the DAKOTA QUEEN, these are the boys turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators and gunners of the B24s, who suffered 50 per cent casualties during conflict. With his extraordinary talent for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose sweeps us along in the B24s as their crews fought to the death to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine.
Biography & AutobiographyMilitaryPoliticalAviation & NauticalHistoryWars & ConflictsWorld War IIUnited States
RELEASED2002
PUBLISHERSimon & Schuster
LENGTH299
LANGUAGEEN
Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many best selling volumes of American popular history. **Source**: [Stephen E. Ambrose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_E._Ambrose) on Wikipedia.
