Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:This is about a B-24 pilot in the 8th Air Force, 93rd Bomb Group 328th Squadron. Chapter 1 begins: ‘You do not know what flat is until you have driven through Kansas.’ Shy Edgar was obsessed with flight after a spin in a PT-19 trainer. After high school he accompanies a pal to an Army Air Corps exam, and unexpectedly scores well himself. He gets though flight school and winds up piloting a big four-engine Consolidated B-24 ‘Liberator’ bomber. One vignette shows 1940s charm – his pride at seeing 100s of cadets march on the parade ground. Alone between postings, the sudden realization that he’s on his own far from family brings tears. Till he stares into the mirror and tells himself to just do his best. The book exudes wonder that humans can rise above flatbread Kansas to the clouds. No wonder Midwest diction came to dominate the early decades of aviation.A ‘peace-loving farm boy at heart’, Allen’s text and photos show that military targets, such as gun emplacements in France and marshalling yards in Germany, were their plane’s legitimate aims – not civilian populations like the people of Dresden memorialized by Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse 5. The Allen crew braved the flak, enemy fighters, dodgy weather and zero visibility of 30 missions for the 8th Air Force (which suffered a mortality rate of 7.5%, i.e. worse than the Marines). Air battles were interspersed with leaves in London, for cultural and amatory pursuits with a favorite lady named Thelma. Leaving Britain around Victory in Europe Day 1945 brought relief from fear – but also poignant goodbye kisses, and realization of untangling camaraderie as the B-24 crew separate for civilian life. The conclusion of this touching World War II memoir
Price: 23 USD
Location: Livonia, Michigan
End Time: 2025-02-01T15:40:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.65 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Signed By: Edgar Allen
Book Title: Pilot From The Prairie
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2007
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Author: Edgar Allen
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Aviation, Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Aircraft, Air Force, Combat, Memoir, Military History, True Military Stories, World War II, B-24
Subjects: History & Military
