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The War Of The Cottontails: Memoirs Of A WW II Bomber Pilot [Association Copy]

The War Of The Cottontails: Memoirs Of A WW II Bomber Pilot [Association Copy]

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The War Of The Cottontails: Memoirs Of A WW II Bomber Pilot [Association Copy]

by Cubbins, William R

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ISBN 10
0912697962
ISBN 13
9780912697963
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Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books. Hardcover. 1989. 1st Edition. 8vo 267pp . Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. B&W Photographs. Front edges show moderate foxing. This is an association copy inscribed by Col. James Gunn on the half title. Also laid in is a photocopy of the speech by Henry B. Gonzalez (1967) about Commander Gunn in the Congressional Record and a photocopy of a page about Gunn from Reese Air Force Base, Texas. Cubbins and his officers and crew were on a bombing run over Rumania in 1944 when their B-24 Liberator took a direct hit from exploding flak and they were fored to bail out over enemy territory. They were part of the 450 th Bombardment Group, known as the Cottontails. As Lt. Col, James A. Gunn, Group Commander, 454th Bomb Group, Cerignola, Italy JAG was shot down on a bombing raid over Ploesti, Rumania on August 17th, 1944. Interned as a POW in Bucharest by the Rumanians until August 23rd, 1944, when the Rumanian Government capitulated from the Axis to the Allied power .

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Title
The War Of The Cottontails: Memoirs Of A WW II Bomber Pilot [Association Copy]
Author
Cubbins, William R
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0912697962
ISBN 13
9780912697963
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, NC
Date Published
1989
Keywords
Army Air Forces, United States, Air Pilots

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