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Lightning down : a World War II story of survival, Tom Clavin

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The incredible true story of an American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his 44th combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story. Moser was just 22 years old, a farm boy from Washington State who fell in love with flying. During the war he realized his dream of piloting a P-38 Lightning, one of the most effective weapons the Army Air Corps had against the powerful German Luftwaffe. But on that hot August morning he had to bail out of his damaged, burning plane. Captured immediately, Moser's journey into hell began.Joe Moser and his courageous comrades from England, Canada, New Zealand, and elsewhere endured against impossible odds in the most horrific surroundings... until the day the orders are issued by Hitler himself to execute them. Only a most desperate plan might save them.The page-turning momentum of Lightning Down is like that of a thriller, but the stories of imprisoned and brutalized airmen are true and told in unforgettable detail, led by the distinctly American voice of Joe Moser, who prays every day to be reunited with his family.Lightning Down is a can't-put-down inspiring saga of brave men confronting great evil and great odds against survival
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
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OverDrive eBook
Contents
  • The Farm Boy
  • The Passenger
  • The Prisoner
  • The Survivor
Isbn
9781250151278
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Lightning down : a World War II story of survival
Title
Lightning down
Title remainder
a World War II story of survival
Statement of responsibility
Tom Clavin
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The incredible true story of an American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his 44th combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story. Moser was just 22 years old, a farm boy from Washington State who fell in love with flying. During the war he realized his dream of piloting a P-38 Lightning, one of the most effective weapons the Army Air Corps had against the powerful German Luftwaffe. But on that hot August morning he had to bail out of his damaged, burning plane. Captured immediately, Moser's journey into hell began.Joe Moser and his courageous comrades from England, Canada, New Zealand, and elsewhere endured against impossible odds in the most horrific surroundings... until the day the orders are issued by Hitler himself to execute them. Only a most desperate plan might save them.The page-turning momentum of Lightning Down is like that of a thriller, but the stories of imprisoned and brutalized airmen are true and told in unforgettable detail, led by the distinctly American voice of Joe Moser, who prays every day to be reunited with his family.Lightning Down is a can't-put-down inspiring saga of brave men confronting great evil and great odds against survival
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
TEFOD
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Clavin, Thomas
Dewey number
  • 940.54/7243092
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
D805.5.B83
LC item number
C53 2021eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Moser, Joseph F
  • Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
  • United States
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Prisoners of war
  • Prisoners of war
  • Fighter pilots
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Lightning down : a World War II story of survival, Tom Clavin
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OverDrive eBook
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Farm Boy -- The Passenger -- The Prisoner -- The Survivor
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unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
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unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781250151278
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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not applicable
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unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
0FF8294F-AFDB-4BBD-B505-9DC329491543
System control number
(OCoLC)1282195589
Label
Lightning down : a World War II story of survival, Tom Clavin
Link
Publication
Note
OverDrive eBook
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Farm Boy -- The Passenger -- The Prisoner -- The Survivor
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781250151278
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
0FF8294F-AFDB-4BBD-B505-9DC329491543
System control number
(OCoLC)1282195589

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