Not Home for Christmas
A Day in the Life of the Mighty Eighth
by John Meurs
John Meurs was a nine-year-old schoolboy in Nazi-occupied Holland when a U. S. B-17 bomber crashed near his house on Sunday, November 26, 1944.
Thirty-three other heavy bombers from the 8th Air Force also crashed that day. Not Home for Christmas compiles Meurs' findings on what happened to the 314 crew members of the planes that were lost that fateful day.
Includes first-hand recollections that provide a compelling and terrifying account of the reality of war:
* Veterans who were captured and lived through it
* Families of those killed in action
* Witnesses of the crashes
* Soldiers who were hidden by the Dutch Underground
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