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Luck of the draw : my story of the air war in Europe / Frank Murphy ; foreword by Chloe Melas and Elizabeth Murphy.
"Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering. 4,300 B-17s and B-24s failed to return; nearly 21,000 men were taken prisoner or interned in a neutral country, and a further 17,650 made the ultimate sacrifice. Luck of the Draw is more than a war story. It's the incredible, inspiring story of Frank Murphy, one of the few survivors from the 100th Bombardment Group, who cheated death for months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress. Now with a new foreword written by his granddaughter Chloe Melas, of CNN, and daughter Elizabeth Murphy.-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250284150 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xxiv, 454 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-442) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Combat Aircrews: Coming of Age -- Before the War -- The War Comes to America -- Hendricks Field, Sebring, Florida -- The 100th Bomb Group -- The 100th Stumbles -- The VIII Bomber Command -- Combat -- Dangerous Days, Desperate Hours -- Münster -- Stalag Luft III -- Liberation. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aLuck of the draw : ‡bmy story of the air war in Europe / ‡cFrank Murphy ; foreword by Chloe Melas and Elizabeth Murphy. |
| 246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aMy story of the air war in Europe |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst St. Martin's Griffin edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bSt. Martin's Griffin, ‡c2023. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axxiv, 454 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c22 cm | |
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| 337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
| 338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 437-442) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tCombat Aircrews: Coming of Age -- ‡tBefore the War -- ‡tThe War Comes to America -- ‡tHendricks Field, Sebring, Florida -- ‡tThe 100th Bomb Group -- ‡tThe 100th Stumbles -- ‡tThe VIII Bomber Command -- ‡tCombat -- ‡tDangerous Days, Desperate Hours -- ‡tMünster -- ‡tStalag Luft III -- ‡tLiberation. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering. 4,300 B-17s and B-24s failed to return; nearly 21,000 men were taken prisoner or interned in a neutral country, and a further 17,650 made the ultimate sacrifice. Luck of the Draw is more than a war story. It's the incredible, inspiring story of Frank Murphy, one of the few survivors from the 100th Bombardment Group, who cheated death for months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress. Now with a new foreword written by his granddaughter Chloe Melas, of CNN, and daughter Elizabeth Murphy.-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0. | ‡aMurphy, Frank D., ‡d1921-2007. |
| 610 | 1 | 0. | ‡aUnited States. ‡bArmy Air Forces. ‡bBombardment Group, 100th. |
| 610 | 1 | 0. | ‡aUnited States. ‡bArmy Air Forces. ‡bBombardment Squadron (H), 418th. |
| 610 | 2 | 0. | ‡aStalag Luft III. |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aFlight navigators, Military ‡vBiography. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aPrisoners of war ‡zGermany ‡vBiography. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aPrisoners of war ‡zUnited States ‡vBiography. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1939-1945 ‡vPersonal narratives, American. | |
| 650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1939-1945 ‡xPrisoners and prisons, German. | |
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| 655 | 7. | ‡aPersonal narratives. ‡2lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aMelas, Chloe, ‡ewriter of foreword. |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aMurphy-Melas, Elizabeth, ‡ewriter of foreword. |
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