The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing

by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Overview

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621575436
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	05/10/2016
Series:	World War II Collection
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	604,306
File size:	834 KB

About the Author

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, screenwriter and military historian, is a contributing editor of Flight Journal and the author of Aces of the 78th Fighter Group, Air Combat Annals, and Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War.

Table of Contents

Introduction xv

1 The Avignon Mission 1

2 Welcome Aboard the "USS Corsica" 7

3 The War No One Wanted to Fight 21

4 Point of No Return 37

5 The Crucial Month 51

6 The Worst Day 83

7 Shot Down 99

8 Sprogs, Sports, Old Sports, and Wheels 119

9 The Settimo Road Bridge 137

10 The Gothic Line 157

11 Eleven Keep 'Em Flying 179

12 Operation Bingo 193

13 Finale 221

Notes on Sources 239

Index 249