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

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

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"The incredible true story of fighter pilot Joe Moser's war in the sky and secret survival at Buchenwald during World War II. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his 44th combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 150 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 farmboy 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
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
310 pages
Contents
  • The Farm Boy
  • The Train
  • The Prisoner
  • The Survivor
Isbn
9781250151261
Instance
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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
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"The incredible true story of fighter pilot Joe Moser's war in the sky and secret survival at Buchenwald during World War II. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his 44th combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 150 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 farmboy 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"--
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Clavin, Thomas
Dewey number
  • 940.54/7243092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Moser, Joseph F
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
  • Prisoners of war
  • Prisoners of war
  • Fighter pilots
  • United States
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Lightning down : a World War II story of survival, Tom Clavin
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Farm Boy -- The Train -- The Prisoner -- The Survivor
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9781250151261
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2021027076
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Lightning down : a World War II story of survival, Tom Clavin
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Farm Boy -- The Train -- The Prisoner -- The Survivor
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
310 pages
Isbn
9781250151261
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2021027076
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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