Research Catalog

Title

The day we bombed Switzerland : flying with the US Eighth Army Air Force in World War II / [by] Jackson Granholm.

Author

Granholm, Jackson

Publication

Shrewsbury, UK : Airlife Pub., 2000.

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Details

Description

246 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Flying with the US Eighth Army Air Force in World War II

Subject

• Granholm, Jackson
• United States. Air Force, 8th
• 1900-1999
• World War, 1939-1945 > Switzerland
• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
• Switzerland > World War, 1939-1945 > Allied intervention
• Switzerland > Defenses
• Switzerland > Politics and government > 20th century

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Handwriting on the Wall -- Off to Win the War -- Navigation School -- Crew Training -- First Mission -- The Latrine Coefficient -- To Germany, at Last -- A Bad Day in Grunberg -- Moving Up in the World -- An AZON Mission -- Missions to Magdeburg -- The Mystery of the Missing Bus -- Hauling Gas -- Oil Refineries and Canal Traffic -- A Case of Murder -- Christmas Eve 1944 -- The Buzz Bomb -- Odd Events -- Hole in the Clouds -- High-Level Rhubarb -- A Trip to Germany -- The Accusation -- Getting Ready for Trial -- Counsel for the Defence -- Germany Close Up -- Swinging into Action -- The Testimony Begins -- Did the Briefing Tell All? -- More Grist for the Mill -- The Crew Members Testify -- And So On into the Night -- The Defence Responds -- The Verdict -- Final Days -- Going Home.

ISBN

1840371358

OCLC

• 45127062
• SCSB-12759458

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library