04761cam a2200625 4500 598952784 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250839510 1250839513 f899517e-83e8-4586-800d-c90a960cb2bc OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6241629 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Maurer, Kevin. Damn Lucky [Libby Audiobook] : One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History. Macmillan Audio, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 229MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 229MB. world war ii history. purple heart corner. 100th bomber group. bloody hundredth. European Theater. military heroes. flying fortress. village of diss. american pilots. thorpe abbotts. books on tape. 8th air force. Mighty Eighth. john luckadoo. bomber pilots. audio books. wwii memoir. audiobooks. Luftwaffe. Berlin. Allies. Bremen. flak. b-17. Eto. HTML:<p><b>From Kevin Maurer—the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling, award-winning coauthor of <i>No Easy Day</i>—comes the true story of a World War II bomber pilot who survived twenty-five missions in <i>Damn Lucky</i>, "an epic, thrillingly written, utterly immersive account of a very lucky, incredible survivor of the war in the skies to defeat Hitler" (<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Alex Kershaw).<br /></b><i><br /> "We were young citizen-soldiers, terribly naive and gullible about what we would be confronted with in the air war over Europe and the profound effect it would have upon every fiber of our being for the rest of our lives. We were all afraid, but it was beyond our power to quit. We volunteered for the service and, once trained and overseas, felt we had no choice but to fulfill the mission assigned. My hope is that this book honors the men with whom I served by telling the truth about what it took to climb into the cold blue and fight for our lives over and over again."</i><br /> <i>—John "Lucky" Luckadoo, Major, USAF (Ret.) 100th Bomb Group (H)<br /></i><br /> Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was a world away from John Luckadoo's hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee. But when the Japanese attacked the American naval base on December 7, 1941, he didn't hesitate to join the military. Trained as a pilot with the United States Air Force, Second Lieutenant Luckadoo was assigned to the 100th Bomb Group stationed in Thorpe Abbotts, England. Between June and October 1943, he flew B-17 Flying Fortresses over France and Germany on bombing runs devised to destroy the Nazi war machine.<br /> With a shrapnel torn Bible in his flight jacket pocket and his girlfriend's silk stocking around his neck like a scarf as talismans, Luckadoo piloted through Luftwaffe machine-gun fire and antiaircraft flak while enduring subzero temperatures to complete twenty-five missions and his combat service. The average bomber crew rarely survived after eight to twelve missions. Knowing far too many airmen who wouldn't be returning home, Luckadoo closed off his emotions and focused on his tasks to finish his tour of duty one moment at a time, realizing his success was more about being lucky than being skilled.<br /> Drawn from Luckadoo's firsthand accounts, acclaimed war correspondent Kevin Maurer shares his extraordinary tale from war to peacetime, uncovering astonishing feats of bravery during the bloodiest military campaign in aviation history, and presenting an incredible portrait of a young man's coming-of-age during the world's most devastating war.<br /> <b>This program includes a bonus conversation between John "Lucky" Luckadoo and the author.</b></p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. Graham, Holter. Luckadoo, John. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f899517e-83e8-4586-800d-c90a960cb2bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f899517e-83e8-4586-800d-c90a960cb2bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)