The flight diary of Donald Fleming : db 781st Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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The flight diary of Donald Fleming : db 781st Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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The personal diary of Donald Fleming, a grain elevator operator and Army Air Forces veteran (781st Bomb Squadron, 465th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force), detailing his experiences as a B-24 navigator in the European Theater during World War II. Preparations at McCook, Nebraska, for overseas duty, February, 1944; description of flight overseas to Pantanella, Italy, April, 1944; missions to Wiener Neustadt, Toulon, Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Friedrichshafen, Ploesti, Krakow (all in 1944-45); enemy flak and fighter opposition; American fighter escorts.

44 leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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