Final Mission of Bottoms Up - A World War II Pilot''s Story

Klappentext On November 18, 1944, the end of the war in Europe finally in sight, American co-pilot Lieutenant Lee Lamar's B-24J Liberator "Bottoms Up" crashed after being hit by German fire. He was captured the next day and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner at a stalag on the Baltic Sea. More than sixty years later, Croatian archaeologist Luka Bekic discovered the wreckage of the plane and felt compelled to find out the crew's identities and fates. This absorbing, alternating account chronicles the story of the young men who flew "Bottoms Up "on her final mission, of Lamar's trip back to the scene of his recurring nightmare, and of a remarkable convergence of international courage, perseverance, and friendship.

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Okerstrom, Dennis R. Okerstrom
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780826219480
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-1948-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: American Military Experience (; The American Military Experience Series; American Military Experience; American Military Experience (
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration