Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious US Bomber Mission of WWII by Dando-Collins, Stephen - 2015-02-24

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St. Martin's Press. Used - Very Good. 2015. Hardcover. Cloth with dust jacket. Some minor shelf wear. Very Good. (Subject: Military History & Exploration).

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St. Martin's Press, 2015-02-24. Hardcover. Very Good. Very nice book. Some wear to DJ edges and corners. Spine is slightly cocked.

New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 248pp. Notes. Biblio. Index. Photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015. 248 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps. "Beginning with a crazy plan hatched by a suspect prince, and an even crazier reliance on the word of the Nazis, Operation Chowhound was devised. Between May 1 and May 8, 1945, 2,268 military units flown by the USAAF dropped food to 3.5 million starving Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland. It took raw courage to fly on Operation Chowhound, as American aircrews never knew when the German AAA might open fire on them or if Luftwaffe fighters might jump them. Flying at 400 feet, barely above the tree tops, with guns pointed directly at them, they would have no chance to bail out if their B-17s were hit. The question was, would 120,000 German troops keep their word and resist the temptation to fire at the American sitting ducks for eight days? As they flew, grateful Dutch civilians spelled out 'Thanks Boys' in the tulip fields below. Many Americans who flew in Operation Chowhound declared it was the… Read More