Valor, guts, and luck : a B-17 tailgunner's survival story during World War II

Valor, guts, and luck : a B-17 tailgunner's survival story during World War II /

The story of B - 17 tailgunner Lowell ""Slats"" Slayton who beat the odds during WW II - including being shot down, captured and held as a POW, and forced to march 300 miles from Poland to western Germany on the Black March during one of the coldest winters on record.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smallwood, William L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Slayton, Lowell, > 1923-2013.
Slayton, Lowell, > 1923-
United States. > Army Air Forces. > Bombardment Group, 381st > Biography.
United States. > Army Air Forces > Aerial gunners > Biography.
Stalag Luft IV > Biography.
B-17 bomber > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
Death marches > Germany.
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