Summary of Lee Trimble & Jeremy Dronfield's Beyond The Call

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#1 The 493rd Bomb Group, along with the other groups in its division, had been to bomb the marshaling yards at Kassel, Germany, and they hadn’t been welcome. Landing lights glittering on their wings, the heavy bombers touched concrete with a rubbery squawk and rolled on down the runway.

#2 The Trimble crew was not the only one who had completed their tour of duty. Their squadron-mates under Lieutenant Jean Lobb had also completed their mission. As wingman to the group leader, Lobb had been on Trimble’s starboard nose all the way to Germany, but had to drop out of formation with supercharger failure before reaching the target.

#3 The brass wanted Robert to go to Russia. He would be sent to the Eastern Command base at Poltava in the Ukraine, and his job would be to collect salvaged bombers and fly them out.

#4 Robert was offered a chance to fly back to the United States and pick up more damaged bombers and fly them out. He could tell the Americans he was going home, and then the war would be over after his twenty-one days were up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822528215

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The 493rd Bomb Group, along with the other groups in its division, had been to bomb the marshaling yards at Kassel, Germany, and they hadn’t been welcome. Landing lights glittering on their wings, the heavy bombers touched concrete with a rubbery squawk and rolled on down the runway.

#2

The Trimble crew was not the only one who had completed their tour of duty. Their squadron-mates under Lieutenant Jean Lobb had also completed their mission. As wingman to the group leader, Lobb had been on Trimble’s starboard nose all the way to Germany, but had to drop out of formation with supercharger failure before reaching the target.

#3

The brass wanted Robert to go to Russia. He would be sent to the Eastern Command base at Poltava in the Ukraine, and his job would be to collect salvaged bombers and fly them out.

#4

Robert was offered a chance to fly back to the United States and pick up more damaged bombers and fly them out. He could tell the Americans he was going home, and then the war would be over after his twenty-one days were up.

#5

Robert was offered a job in Russia, and he didn’t know what to think about it. He and his wife, Eleanor, had been apart for much of their two and a half years of married life. Would she be willing to wait another who-knew-how-long.

#6

Eleanor Trimble was hard at work, enveloped in steam and sweltering heat. She’d been back at work in the laundry for several weeks now, even though it was only two months since the baby’s birth. She needed the wages.

#7

Eleanor had