Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword by Betty Lawry Allen

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART ONE. THE MEETING OF THE "LOVEABLE BASTARDS"

1 Shadows on the Horizon

2 Boise, Idaho

3 A League of Nations

4 Pocatello, Idaho

5 Riverside, California

PART TWO. "IF YOU FLY WITH ME, I'M GOING TO BRING YOU HOME"

6 On the Road to the Big League

7 Somewhere in England

8 In the Air and On the Ground

9 At Dawn for Gotha

10 Prisoner of War

PART THREE. FLAK/FIGHTERS

11 Hosts in the Sky

12 Jimmy Stewart, Leadership, and the Liberty Run

13 The Battle of Brunswick

14 "Our Prayers That Night Were Shared"

15 Paris and London

PART FOUR. FEAR/FAITH

16 Milk Runs and Maximum Efforts

17 Flame Leap

18 "Great Crusade"

19 Hamburg and Berlin

20 Homecoming

Epilogue: Twilight's Last Gleaming

Appendix: Crew Personnel

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index