It’s about bombers—not bikers. Author Jay Stout takes you into the lives of those who were members of the 303rd Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force in World War Two. The “Mighty Eighth”, as they have become to be known, flew missions out of England over Nazi-held Europe from 1942-1945. Stout takes the readers behind the scenes of all aspects of a bomb group. From the pilots, the bomber crews, the ground crews, the commanders and all other positions that comprise a group, the authors has compiled some wonderful first-person accounts.
Stout covers the group from start to finish, looking at not only the missions, but life on leave, on base, and behind prison camp wire. By this point in history (2015), the Eighth Air Force has been covered in many books; but with “Hell’s Angels”, Stout has given us a fresh account that keeps the pages turning. Once you start his book you will find it difficult to put down.
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