Comments on: Mission 7 – February 11, 1944 http://libertyladybook.com/2009/03/19/mission-7-february-11-1944/ a B-17 bomber crew, the OSS, and a wartime love story Fri, 18 May 2012 17:26:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rowdy http://libertyladybook.com/2009/03/19/mission-7-february-11-1944/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Rowdy Fri, 22 May 2009 23:55:24 +0000 http://libertyladybook.com/?p=1180#comment-1219 Another great book is "Combat Crew" written in the mid-eighties by John Comer. John was a 381st TT/FE who was ordered to write the crew's diary by the pilot. At the end of each mission, John would gather his crew together and each would tell what they saw that day and John would write it down. The book remained in rough draft form occupying several loose-leaf notebooks in John's home for about 40-years before his family finally succeeded in getting him to write the book. The result is a remarkable compilation of each mission from the perspective of several crew members' point of view. He flew his missions entirely in 1943 and was on both of the first Schweinfurt missions. Another great book is “Combat Crew” written in the mid-eighties by John Comer. John was a 381st TT/FE who was ordered to write the crew’s diary by the pilot. At the end of each mission, John would gather his crew together and each would tell what they saw that day and John would write it down.

The book remained in rough draft form occupying several loose-leaf notebooks in John’s home for about 40-years before his family finally succeeded in getting him to write the book. The result is a remarkable compilation of each mission from the perspective of several crew members’ point of view.

He flew his missions entirely in 1943 and was on both of the first Schweinfurt missions.

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