
A Wing and a Prayer
The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action over Europe in World War II
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Chris Monteiro
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Harry H. Crosby
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They began operations out of England in the spring of '43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds in the annals of aerial warfare and made the "Bloody Hundredth" a legend.
Harry H. Crosby—soon to be portrayed by Anthony Boyle in the miniseries Masters of the Air developed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg—arrived with the very first crews, and left with the very last. After dealing with his fear and gaining in skill and confidence, he was promoted to Group Navigator, surviving hairbreadth escapes and eluding death while leading thirty-seven missions, some of them involving two thousand aircraft. Now, in a breathtaking and often humorous account, he takes us into the hearts and minds of these intrepid airmen to experience both the triumph and the white-knuckle terror of the war in the skies.
©1993, 2000 Harry H. Crosby (P)2023 Tantor
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- Alexiane Veys
- 10/10/2024
The Bloody Hundredth
I watched Masters Of The Air and then read the book. But I needed to know more. Crosby who's the narrator in the show, had written his memoires I knew. So here I went. His gut wrenching retelling of his life in the Bloody hundredth, the friends, the CO's, the politics and his internal turmoil, the learning, etc. All of it was very much inspiring and especially a must read (listening really), for someone like me who's always been very keen on learning history and always felt deeply for the veterans and victims of that atrocious war.
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