Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
Book by Tom Clavin
DETAILS
Publisher : St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (November 2, 2021) Language : English Hardcover : 320 pages ISBN-10 : 1250151260 ISBN-13 : 978-1250151261 Item Weight : 1.2 pounds Dimensions : 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.3 inches Best Sellers Rank: #16,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #29 in WWII Biographies #35 in Jewish Holocaust History #92 in World War II History (Books) , An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 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 twenty-two years old, a farm boy 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. Moser and his courageous comrades from England, Canada, New Zealand, and elsewhere endured the most horrific conditions during their imprisonment... until the day the orders were issued by Hitler himself to execute them. Only a most desperate plan would 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-it-down inspiring saga of brave men confronting great evil and great odds against survival. Read more
REVIEW
History is not dead and boring if it comes alive in a book like this. It is a heart-shared walk with brave people. Danger, dirt and dying brought to light saving grace. God bless THE USA!
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