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Beneath Haunted Waters|Peter Stekel

Beneath Haunted Waters : The Tragic Tale of Two B-24s Lost in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during World War II

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Beneath Haunted Waters is the tale of waters in the High Sierra haunted by generations of people who cannot forget the story of how two B-24 Liberator bombers disappeared in 1943 and what happened to the boys on board. During World War II the USA lost 7,100 combat aircraft and 5,300 trainers, along with 15,530 pilots, crew members, and ground personnel in over 52,000 domestic accidents. Between 1942-1945, US aviation losses to accidents (12,400) exceeded combat losses (4,500) to the Japanese. For every plane shot down in the South Pacific there were three lost to accidents within the United States. While memoirs of those who served, histories of military and political leaders, and books about combat abound, very little has been written about the terrible toll of aviation training accidents during the war. Beneath Haunted Waters tells this unknown and unappreciated story.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781493025305
  • ISBN-10: 1493025309
  • Publisher: Lyons Press
  • Publish Date: September 2017
  • Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
  • Page Count: 328

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