25 June 1943 MIA: The Search for Miss Deal for Miss Deal and the Early Raiders on the Reich
Written by Tony Crawford
Narrated by Gerald Zimmerman
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The stories in this book reflect the dedication of the B-17 crews fighting a losing battle in 1943 and 1944. The politicians and military leaders soon realized that to gain air superiority it would simply be a battle of attrition. The misions to bomb the German industrial targets were dreaded by the crews. After only a few missions there were more replacement crews than original flyers on base. it was obvious to all the flyers that they were not going to make their twenty-five missions and get a free ticket home. UInknown to the rookie cres were thousands of flak guns awaiting the B-17s march into German airspace. There they would also face the deadly German fighter Gruppes intent on destroying any enemy airplane flying over the Fatherland. The Focke Wulfe and Messerschmitt fighters were piloted by socres and scores of aces. The young Germans who mentored the experienced pilots were extremely aggressive, desiring a mvictory over a B-17. The uinfortuantate crewmembers of a B-17 wqere those who were hit by flak or their bomb load wass struck by flak. Additionally, there was always the possibhiloityh of being hit by the exploding shells from an attacking fighter. After bailing out of a burning Fortress the lucky flyers made it to prison camp to spend the rest of the war trying to survive on the meager rations their captors provided. In 1999, a search gfor two MIA B-17 crewmembers was initiated. Thesearch uncovered a number of lost Flying Fortresses and crews that were shot down doggfedly fighting to deliver their bomb loads. Meetiong relatives of the lost flyers was motivation to continue the search for my Uncle and his pilot. Fortunately, personal intervi3ews, old documwents, and letters, along with directions from WWII researchers led to the location of the crash site. Writing of dozens of letters to politicians and the Joint Prisoner of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC) led to a promise by the Department of Defe nse to lift the wr
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