The Fall of Fortresses: The Classic Account of One of the Most Daring and Deadly Air Battles of WWII

On an August morning in England in 1943, a group of American airmen were told that before the day was out they would deliver the blow that would win the war.



Flying the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress, their mission was to destroy the industrial facilities that kept the Nazi war machine in business-Schweinfurt's ball-bearing factories.



But a determined and ferocious defense awaited the bomber crews of the USAAF's Mighty 8th.



Somehow, Navigator Elmer Bendiner and his crew survived, their faithfu...