The Bridgebusters
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First published: 2016
1 language
ISBN: 9781684513635
Description
"The men of the 57th Bomb Wing flew out of Corsica during World War II and bombed vital bridges throughout Italy to sabotage German supply routes. Their missions were dangerous and never-ending. One bombardier in the wing was a young New Yorker named Joseph Heller, who would later turn his experience into the classic 1961 war novel Catch-22. Now aviation historian Thomas McKelvey Cleaver takes a closer look at the real-life men of the 57th, whose camaraderie in the face of death inspired the raucous cast of heroes and antiheros in Catch-22."--
Subjects
United states, army air forces
World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, american
World war, 1939-1945, campaigns
World war, 1914-1918, regimental histories
Mediterranean region, history
World War, 1939-1945
American Aerial operations
Campaigns
American Regimental histories
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Wing, 57th
