Table of Contents
Foreword iv
Preface viii
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 "It Couldn't Be Much Worse" 1
Chapter 2 "That Made Him Very Happy" 26
Chapter 3 "The Enemy Was Taken Completely By Surprise" 45
Chapter 4 "The Squadron Was Attacked" 73
Chapter 5 "The Pilots Did Not Appear Eager" 89
Chapter 6 "I Turned Back to Pick Him Up" 103
Chapter 7 "We Think We Destroyed the Mission" 123
Chapter 8 "Many Strange Faces" 142
Chapter 9 "I Hate to See Them Go" 168
Chapter 10 "Torn to Death" 184
Chapter 11 "Love to All and Write Real Often" 204
Chapter 12 "A Perfect Swan Dive" 227
Chapter 13 "It's All for the Best, Dad" 238
Chapter 14 "We Seemed to Be Awfully High" 249
Chapter 15 "He Was Even More Handsome in His Uniform" 271
Chapter 16 "Jap Fighters Making Long Range Passes" 283
Chapter 17 "I Inflated My Mae West" 299
Chapter 18 "I Jerked and Ducked Instinctively" 311
Chapter 19 "He Also Flew Missions with Several Other Crews" 318
Chapter 20 "Well, I'm Done For" 332
Epilogue 347
Acknowledgments 353
Notes and References 356
Bibliography 367
Index 370