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.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Mission number thirteen
  • Little Slats
  • I want you!
  • The new crew
  • Off to Ridgewell
  • Into the deadly skies
  • Brutal skies
  • The final mission
  • Prisoner patient
  • Stalag Luft VI
  • Deeper into the inferno
  • Stalag Luft IV
  • Goons, ferrets, and some good guy stories
  • Winter descends
  • Descent into the fifth circle
  • Man as animal
  • The decision
  • Escape and ecstasy
  • The doctors take over
  • Going home
  • The rest of the story.

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