NINE YANKS AND A JERK (eBook)

CONTENTS
WORLD WAR II 70TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION 1945-2015
THE CASE FOR DAYLIGHT PRECISION BOMBING AND THE CASABLANCA DIRECTIVE
THE MISSION HISTORY
DEDICATION AND INTRODUCTION
AIRCREW POSITIONS ON A B-24 LIBERATOR HEAVY BOMBER
PREFACE
THE BIG PICTURE - OPERATION POINTBLANK
BIG WEEK - OPERATION ARGUMENT
THE AMERICAN BOMBER BASE AND AIRFIELD AT TIBENHAM, ENGLAND
THE WILLIAMS CREW
THE 445TH BOMB GROUP COMMANDERS
THEIR FAMOUS 703RD BOMB SQUADRON COMMANDER
THE TARGET FOR TODAY IS... NURNBERG, GERMANY
445TH BOMB GROUP COMBAT CREWS AND PLANES LOSSES CHARTS
JIMMY STEWART'S MORTAL STORM
PREPARE FOR A LONG DAY OF COMBAT- THE MISSION CONTINUES
445TH BOMB GROUP FORMATION CHART FOR POSITIONS AT GROUP ASSEMBLY
'BOMBS AWAY'
TARGET MAPS
THE UNEXPLODED SHELL'S IMPACT
A SPARKLING, EMERGENCY LANDING
NINE YANKS AND A JERK REVISITED YEARS LATER
MISSION SUMMARY
AN IRONY IN AN INFAMOUS REGION
HITLER'S REICH IN RUINS
QUOTES FROM JIMMY STEWART AND THE WILLIAMS CREW ABOUT THE MISSION
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE GROUND CREW CHIEF - GRANT MURRAY
NEWS RELEASES ABOUT THE MISSION
THE EFFECTS OF BIG WEEK: BIG "B" - BERLIN - AND BEYOND
NINE YANKS AND A JERK'S ORIGINAL CREW
HOW NINE YANKS AND A JERK GOT ITS NAME
JIMMY STEWART FLEW IN NINE YANKS AND A JERK
DECALS FOR NINE YANKS AND A JERK / JIMMY STEWART'S WWII MILITARY SERVICE
AFTER THE 445TH BOMB GROUP
NINE YANKS AND A JERK'S FINAL MISSION
CLOCK POSITIONS AROUND A HEAVY BOMBER
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE GROUND TO THE LAST CREW THAT FLEW NINE YANKS
AND A JERK? WHAT ABOUT THE REMAINS OF THE PLANE?
THE INCREDIBLE STORY CONTINUES...
NINE YANKS AND A JERK AND AIRCREW MEMORIAL
MY FIRST VISIT TO THE CRASH SITE OF NINE YANKS AND A JERK
MY SECOND VISIT TO THE CRASH SITE IN 2015, AND AN INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY
CLOSURE: IN MEMORY OF STAFF SERGEANT MARTIN CLABAUGH AND THOSE WHO
NEVER RETURNED
APPENDIX
PRINT ORDERING AND AIRCREW MEDALS DESCRIPTIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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