Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer: B-17's Over Germany (Aviation Week Books)

An Untold Story

I want to publicly thank Brian O'Neill for the time he took in developing the "Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer". For my father, Sgt Edward Ruppel this was very difficult for him to talk about the war. Over the years he would talk to me from time to time about some of the things that happened, but as a rule he wouldn't say very much about the war. Brian was able to get alot of the stories to print. I remember something my dad said to Brian," your asking me to bri

Since reading this book I've leant it to a couple of friends who also found it equally enthralling

Since reading this book I've leant it to a couple of friends who also found it equally enthralling. I generally read the memoirs or accounts from fighter pilots, so this was a real eye opener. Definitely one of those books you just don't want to put down. I once read that the gunners on board these bombers accidentally overestimated their kills, what with multiple gunners aiming at the same fighters and also the propensity of said fighters to smoke when in a dive. After reading the accounts in