Download or read book The Armorer My Experiences as a Martin B 26 Marauder Ground Crewman In World War 2 written by Michael Bonchonsky and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir. Mike entered the Army Air Corps in 1942, training him as an armorer. After stateside training, he was assigned to the 17th Bomb Group, serving with them in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany during World War II. As an armorer in the unit, Mike's responsibilities included maintaining and repairing all manner of weapons, from small arms to aircraft machine guns and cannons, as well as their associated equipment, and was also tasked with loading bombs and other ordnance carried by the aircraft. Mike also provides details of life on an airbase, working and living in harsh conditions, with the threat of enemy attack always present. Also included is an appendix with a brief history of the 17th Bomb Group. In addition to photos from Mike's personal album, dozens of photos of the Martin B-26 Marauder and their crews, and photos of ground crews at work, aircraft on missions, and bomb runs and strike and post-strike photos. 99 photos, 1 drawing.
Download or read book The Armorer written by Michael Bonchonsky and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Bonchonsky entered the Army Air Corps in 1942, training as an armorer. After stateside training, he was assigned to the 17th Bomb Group, serving with them in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany during World War II. As an armorer in the unit, Mike's responsibilities included maintaining and repairing all manner of weapons, from small arms to aircraft machine guns and cannons, as well as their associated equipment, and was also tasked with loading bombs and other ordnance carried by the aircraft. Mike also provides details of life on an airbase, working and living in harsh conditions, with the threat of enemy attack always present. Also included is an appendix with a history of the 17th Bomb Group. In addition to photos from Mike's personal album, there are dozens of photos of the Martin B-26 Marauder and their crews, ground crews at work, aircraft on missions, bomb runs, and strike and post-strike photos. 99 photos, 1 drawing. A Merriam Press World War II Autobiography.
Download or read book Marauder Men written by John O. Moench and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Martin B 26 Marauder written by J. K. Havener and published by Southern Heritage Press (FL). This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marauders in the Mist written by J.K. Havener and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of one man’s experience flying the much-maligned medium bomber of WW II, the Martin B-26 Marauder, embraces about half the total time span of the war but only a fraction of the area involved - the American and European Theaters of Operation.
Download or read book Marauder Man written by Kenneth Taylor Brown and published by Pacifica Press (CA). This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir in which the author, a Quaker by birth, recalls his experiences as a lead navigator with the U.S. Army Air Forces' 391st Bombardment Group during World War II, and shares information about the Martin B-26 Marauder, discussing the plane's development, deployment to the Pacific, and its role in the war's air campaign.
Download or read book Return of the Marauder Men written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993-06-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (From the intro) Eight B-26 Marauder bombardment groups flew and fought from British soil from the late 1943 through October 1944. They then moved on to France with the advancing Allies, and a few of these became part of the army of occupation in Germany at the end of the war. The B-26 Marauder Historical Society is composed of the men who built, maintained and flew this controversial aircraft. They were called "The Marauder Men" who it is said "succeeded against impossible odds."
Download or read book From Artillery to Air Corps The World War 2 Memoir of a Green Mountain Cannoneer Turned B 24 Radioman written by Paul Van Kavelaar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiences of a young enlisted man in the Army 1936-45. The first half of the book covers the time period from 1936 through early 1944. As he describes his training, assignments and perceptions of various incidents, the reader sees how he was integrated into the military culture. The second half details his experiences as a prisoner of war after his B-24 Liberator was shot down over Germany. He was the plane's radio operator. He was a POW in four different camps from March 1944 through January 1945: Stalag Luft 8, Stalag Luft 4, Stalag Luft 17 and the POW camp at Moosberg. The book vividly depicts life at each of these sites and the transport from one to another. The book ends with the liberation by Patton's forces and the trip back to the United States. In addition to documents and news clippings there are some black and white pictures taken with a smuggled miniature camera of camp life and the camp's liberation. 55 photos, 5 news clippings, 3 documents.
Download or read book Marauders in the Mist written by J. K. Havener and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of one man's experience flying the much-maligned medium bomber of WW II, the Martin B-26 Marauder, embraces about half the total time span of the war but only a fraction of the area involved - the American and European Theaters of Operation.
Download or read book A Dangerous Assignment written by William B. Hanford and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2008-06-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops. Honest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the war. Covers World War II's closing months in eastern France and Germany.
Download or read book Milk Run written by William E. Heichel and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milk Run: A Gunner's Tale is the true story of William E. Heichel and his experiences flying with the crew of a B-26 Martin Marauder in World War II Europe, primarily as waist gunner and radio operator. Written in a casual style reminiscent of a journal, the story draws heavily from the author's combat experience and seeks to tell the story of life in the U.S. Air Corps without getting heavily into technical information. Several soldiers served as inspiration in discussing army life. In particular, throughout the book several references are made to George Hajek of Capone's south side neighborhood in Chicago (and his many roles on Sunday night's Lux Radio Theater) and Henry Hank Isenberg of Dorchester, Massachusetts. The author regarded these two men as the best friends of his entire life.
Download or read book They Also Serve written by John B. Henkels and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marauder Man written by Kenneth T. Brown and published by iBooks. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Troop, supply and armor convoys, bridges, road and rail networks were all fair game for the low-flying Marauder B-26 medium bomber. But flying below 12,000 feet against enemy positions had its cost. This is the moving account of one man's experiences in the tactical air war over Europe in World War II. A Quaker by birth and a pacifist by nature, author Ken Brown nonetheless felt it his duty to enlist in the fight against fascism. Little did he expect that he would find himself in the plexiglass nose of a low-flying Marauder, surrounded by enemy anti-aircraft flak bursts. "Marauder Man is also an important historical record of one of the most remarkable and unsung American warplanes in World War II--the Marauder B-26 medium bomber that, in the words of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, "made possible the decision to land on continent." In vivid prose, Ken Brown brings the thrilling story of the B-26 and the men who flew it, to life.
Download or read book Armor Command The Personal Story of a Commander of the 13th Armored Regiment written by Brig.-Gen. Paul McDonald Robinett and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Armor Command is a candid book presenting the activities and observations of an armor commander who was among the first overseas and in action against the European Axis in World War II. All who are interested in the activities of combat troops that make or break the reputations of high military figures and all those who desire an understanding of life in the combat zone will find this book of compelling interest. Military men will find it of professional value for it deals with the problems of a small command in the initial campaign against the German-Italian Allies. Among other things it deals with the problems of the meeting engagement and the withdrawal—two of the most difficult operations in war.”—Foreword
Download or read book Marauder written by Louis S. Rehr and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The B-26 Marauder was a formidable weapon in the campaign to defeat Hitler's armies, and, in the words of his first copilot, "Louis Rehr "was the best there was" flying it. This memoir, which benefits from forty years of research on the combat history of the B-26, contributions from comrades, and an extensive collection of rare photographs, describes Rehr's experiences, including five night-bombing missions he volunteered to fly in 1944 and accounts of attacks by Me-262 jets in late April of 1945. Rehr, a squadron commander with the 323rd Bombardment Group, earned 12 air medals, five battle stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star. This entry refers to the LARGE PRINT edition. For the standard edition please see ISBN 978-0-7864-1664-6.
Download or read book World War II from a Waist Gunner s View of Stalag 17 written by Staff Sergeant Luther Irwin Kelley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-07-25 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War, guns, bombs and waist gunners—far removed from the small town of Fowler, Colorado, population about 1200, twenty-eight miles east of Pueblo, Colorado on Highway 50. I lived there with my Dad, Ray, who was Pastor of the Second Baptist church, my Mom, Florence, grandmother, Dora Kelley; older brother Fred, who went into the Army a year before I did, and my sister Lorene. Germany, with the leadership of Hitler had overrun several small countries—the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Austria; as well as the war with Russia and England, incarcerating all the Jews as he went along. The United States was furnishing England with food and all types of war supplies. Then a state of shock fell upon our country and our small town of Fowler when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. On December 8, 1941, our government declared war on Japan. On December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States and we in turn declared war on Germany the same day.
Download or read book Memoirs of a Marauder Pilot written by F. William Bauers and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a poignant narrative of the experiences and growth of a young American B-26 pilot in World War II, where he completed 68 combat missions. This fascinating accounts captures two decades in the life of a patriotic Texas youth determined to do his part in the twentieth-century crusade against the Hitler regime. Written in a straightforward style, this book is told against a background of our country's preparation for war, through acute glimpses of pilot training, shared combat experiences, and exposure to wartime conditions in Britain and on the continent.
