Iowans of the Mighty Eighth
During WWII, Iowans of the "Mighty Eighth" Air Force were based in England from 1942 to 1946, a year after the end of WWII. Ground crews labored endlessly to keep aircraft flyable by scavenging and often manufacturing parts until supply lines could be established. Aircrews flew in un-pressurized, unheated, piston-engine airplanes where temperatures inside the aircraft reached sixty degrees below zero. Read the experiences of over three hundred Iowa veterans of the greatest air armada ever assembled, Iowans of the The Might Eighth.
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Book details
- Author
- Charles Taylor
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- History › Wars & Conflicts › World War II
- Topics
- World War II · Eighth Air Force · Iowa veterans · aerial warfare · WWII England · bomber crews · ground crews · oral histories
- ISBN-13
- 9781596520837 (Hardcover)9781681623771 (Paperback)
About the author
CHARLES DOONAN TAYLOR is a former Naval Reserve officer who served in the Atlantic and Caribbean and the author of more than ten novels, including Boomer, War Ship and Silent Hunter.
Taylor’s nonfiction work Iowans of the Mighty Eighth documents the wartime experiences of over three hundred Iowa veterans of the Eighth Air Force.
When he’s not writing, Taylor draws on his naval service across the Atlantic and Caribbean. That experience anchors his Cold War-era political and techno-thrillers, including the four-novel Bernie Ryng series.
Charles lives in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts.