B-17 Navigator

by Frank Farr

During World War II, the Army Air Corps had effective formulae for turning raw recruits, only a year or two out of high school, into flying officers-"officers and gentlemen." This is the story of one such recruit's transformation from college freshman into B-17 navigator, second lieutenant complete with silver wings and gold bars. Loving support from a nineteen-year old bride helped bring about the transformation. His adventure started at the Presidio of Monterey in California and moved through four different stops in Texas and a final three in Iowa and Nebraska before he was ready to cross the Atlantic and attack Hitler's "Festung Europa."

364 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2009

Reviews

[Judy Grogan]

This is a very good book about being a navigator on a B-17. I especially enjoyed it as my father was a bombardier and the navigator and bombardier work closely together.