Serenade to the Big Bird: A New Edition of the Classic B-17 Tribute

publication date: 20/09/2001
ISBN13: 9780764313967
Format: Hardback
Number Of Pages: 160
ID: 9780764313967
weight: 700
ISBN10: 0764313967

By: Bert Stiles (author)Hardback

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Description

After completing a tour of duty (thirty-five missions) in B-17s, Bert Stiles transferred to a fighter squadron. Just four months later he was killed in action on an escort mission to Hanover, Germany, on November 26, 1944. Stiles' book was written in the period between his two tours. Serenade to the Big Bird portrays the tragedy of war, and specifically the loss to the world of a fine, sensitive, talented writer who had only a short time to prove his merit. He died at twenty-three.