The Final Mission of Bottoms Up

The Final Mission of Bottoms Up
Author: Dennis R. Okerstrom
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2011-10-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0826219489

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On November 18, 1944, the end of the war in Europe finally in sight, American co-pilot Lieutenant Lee Lamar struggled alongside pilot Randall Darden to keep Bottoms Up, their B-24J Liberator, in the air. Over Pula in what is now Croatia, they were once more hit by German fire. Lamar all but surrendered to death before fortuitously bailing out and being captured. in 2006 Lamar received an email from Croatian archaeologist Luka Bekic who had discovered the wreckage of Bottoms Up.


The Final Mission of Bottoms Up
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-28 - Publisher: University of Missouri Press

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