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Brother Men Who Fly: A World War II Gunner's Personal Quest is a two-part reflection on the human experience before, during and after the air battles over Nazi controlled Europe at the height of the Second World War. The first half is drawn from Yedlin's memories and those of his crew. The second half is the result of his quest, over fifty years later, to find out what happened to The Buzzer.
The plane was believed to have disappeared in the Bay of Naples on December 9, 1944.
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About the Author:
Benedict Yedlin was born in Brooklyn and attended Abraham Lincoln High School and Brooklyn College. When the U.S. entered World War II, he left college to join the Army Corps of Engineers and served as a photographic mapping technician before transferring to the Army Air Corps. He was a ball turret gunner on a B-24.
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An opportunity to learn of the rigors of aerial combat in World War II, with emphasis on its human element. -- Harold A. Strack, Brigadier General USAF ,Ret.
Delivers many moving moments and wise asides about what is mistakenly termed, "The Good War". -- Paul Fussell, author of Wartime, Doing Battle, and The Great War and Modern Memory
Remarkably comprehensive research . . . Once I started reading, I could not put it down. .. this is a particularly poignant narration. -- Floyd H. Trogdon, Brigadier General USAF (Ret.)
The best war memoirs are the ones that tell the reader what it was like to be there. -- Samuel Hynes, author of The Soldier's Tale and Flights of Passage
The best war memoirs are those that tell what it was like to be there. This is one. -- Samuel Hynes, author of Flights of Passage, The Soldier's Tale, and A War Imagined
This is a story that had to be told. -- Frank Suarez, brother of Manuel Suarez
Delivers many moving moments and wise asides about what is mistakenly termed, "The Good War". -- Paul Fussell, author of Wartime, Doing Battle, and The Great War and Modern Memory
Remarkably comprehensive research . . . Once I started reading, I could not put it down. .. this is a particularly poignant narration. -- Floyd H. Trogdon, Brigadier General USAF (Ret.)
The best war memoirs are the ones that tell the reader what it was like to be there. -- Samuel Hynes, author of The Soldier's Tale and Flights of Passage
The best war memoirs are those that tell what it was like to be there. This is one. -- Samuel Hynes, author of Flights of Passage, The Soldier's Tale, and A War Imagined
This is a story that had to be told. -- Frank Suarez, brother of Manuel Suarez
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- PublisherLiberator Crew Productions
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0967533325
- ISBN 13 9780967533322
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages297
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