One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
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Excellent memoir about the bombing campaign high in the European sky in 1943. Those were dark days for bomber crews. The casualty rate was well over 100%.
The subject of this book, John “Lucky” Luckadoo, is one of the very few survivors of that campaign still with us. (He turned 100 in March 2022!) His unit, the Eighth Air Force 100th Bomb Group, became known as the “Bloody Hundredth” because of its high casualty rate. A bomber crewman averaged only ten missions.
Kevin Maurer brings his full skill as a writer to this true story.
Holter Graham's narration is very good. And, John Luckadoo himself provides an interesting afterward. (He is well-spoken and obviously still mentally acute.)
Good book. Recommended for anyone interested in Big-2.