Army air corps navigator who flew in the nose of b17 flying fortresses during world war two and this is his memoir. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. In her book the day the falls stood still, cathy marie buchanan, a niagara native, tells the story of a local girl who falls in love with a riverman and, despite much disparagement from family and acquaintances, marries him, has two sons with him, and lives a life that is alternately filled with moments of intense joy and tragedy. The fall of fortresses by elmer bendiner, and a note found. As for my copy, i donated it to charity after reading just over half of it. These bombers attacked targets primarily in germany and occupied france, and they were part of a larger unit called the u. Fallen angels is a powerful blend of passion, adventure and intrigue, played out in the shadow of the guillotine and the sunlit splendour of an english estate.
A vivid, poignant recreation of the european air war, as seen. Two of bendiners twentyfive missions were directed at the ballbearing factories of schweinfurt. Among his betterknown works are the rise and fall of paradise a history of alandalus, a time for angels. The day the falls stood still by cathy marie buchanan. The fall of fortresses, by elmer bendiner 1980 it is a first person account of the air war over europe in ww2, including accurate background information, and analysis of the overall objectives, and how they affected the people on the bottom of the chain of command. The fall of fortresses is an account of elmer bendiners experiences as a navigator aboard four engine b17 bombers known as flying fortresses, stationed in britain in the second world war. Bendiner weaves a tale of his life during those times, using a rambling style of writing in which a dozen metaphors or more i liked the fall of fortresses and i liked it a lot. Elmer bendiner february 11, 1916 september 16, 2001 citation needed was an american writer and journalist. After the war, he worked for esquire, then for a series of medical publications, and wrote a number of books. A personal account of one of the most daring and deadly air battles of the second world war bendiner, elmer on. The story, as written in the circulating erumor below, is a paraphrasing of an actual account given by world war 2 war veteran elmer bendiner in his book the fall of fortresses.
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