Research Catalog
The final mission of Bottoms Up : a World War II pilot's story
- Title
- The final mission of Bottoms Up : a World War II pilot's story / Dennis R. Okerstrom.
- Author
- Okerstrom, Dennis.
- Publication
- Columbia, Missouri ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-638 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 254 p. : ill., ports.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- On November 18, 1944, the end of the war in Europe finally in sight, American co-pilot Lieutenant Lee Lamar struggled alongside pilot Randall Darden to keep Bottoms Up, their B-24J Liberator, in the air. Over Pula in what is now Croatia, they were once more hit by German fire. Lamar all but surrendered to death before fortuitously bailing out and being captured. in 2006 Lamar received an email from Croatian archaeologist Luka Bekic who had discovered the wreckage of Bottoms Up.
- Series Statement
- The American military experience series
- Uniform Title
- American military experience series.
- Subjects
- Bottoms Up (Bomber)
- Lamar, Lee (Edgar Lee)
- Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography
- Stalag Luft I
- World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German
- B-24 (Bomber)
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography
- United States > Army Air Forces > Biography
- Bomber pilots > United States > Biography
- Prisoners of war > Germany > Barth
- Prisoners of war > United States > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index.
- Contents
- Over Udine, Italy -- Krvavici, Croatia -- The 1930s -- 1941-42 -- The crew -- Overseas at last -- Spinazzola, Italy -- First combat -- Finally ... mission countdown -- It's not all combat ... -- Mission after mission after ... -- 18 November 1944 -- What hath God wrought -- "Vor you, der var iss ofer" -- Interrogation and isolation -- 8 December 1944-1 May 1945 -- 30 April-20 June 1945 -- Home at last -- Olathe, Kansas -- The crew -- Short focused -- The real work -- Pula Croatia.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-638
- ISBN
- 9780826219480
- 0826219489
- OCLC
- 711050971
- Author
- Okerstrom, Dennis.
- Title
- The final mission of Bottoms Up : a World War II pilot's story / Dennis R. Okerstrom.
- Imprint
- Columbia, Missouri ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
- Series
- The American military experience seriesAmerican military experience series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-247) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-638