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Title:Last of the Combat B-17 Drivers : United States Air Force 60th Anniversary Special Edition
Author:James B Zazas & Colonel Harold D Weekly, USAF (Retired)
ISBN:0978598008 : 9780978598006
Illustrations:b/w photos & illus
Format:Paperback
Size:215x280mm
Pages:344
Weight: 1.144 Kg.
Published:AtlasBooks (Flying Fortress International) - July 2007
List Price: 16.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Military history: Air forces & warfare: Biography & autobiography: historic,politic,milita: True stories: Second World War


The compelling and detailed personal account of Colonel Harold D Weekly, USAF (Retired), 398th Bomb Group pilot, and the last combat B-17 First Pilot of World War 2 to fly the Boeing B-17 as pilot-in-command into the new millennium. This comprehensive work combines Colonel Weekley's keen recollections with documented historical facts to describe his experiences as highly-trained US Army Air Force pilot in World War 2, notably his combat missions aboard the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress as a First Pilot flying from wartime Nuthampstead, England; his shoot down and bailout over enemy-occupied France; his escape and evasion from enemy forces; and his eventual repatriation to friendly forces. This book concludes by describing Colonel Weekley's close association with the legendary B-17 into the twenty-first century. Throughout this 352-page work, Colonel Weekley shares unabashedly his lasting love of his wife, family, and country. This book is abundantly illustrated.

From Boy to Man to Future Combat Pilot; The Pace to Combat Flying Quickens; Earning the Silver Wings; Meeting and Mastering the B-17; Getting Closer to Combat Flying; Nuthampstead, the 398th Bomb Group and Baptism by Fire; Adding to the Mission Count; Hell From Heaven: The War Continues; The Loss of a Friend, and the Beginning of Many New Friendships; Safety with Friends; Freedom's Cry; Back Home in the USA; A Welcome Return; Epilogue: Remembrances -- The Aluminium Overcast and the End of an Era; Index.