With the possum and the eagle : the memoir of a navigator's war over Germany and Japan / Ralph H. Nutter.
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TextSeries: North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 2.Publication details: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 327 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781574414639
- 1574414631
- Nutter, Ralph H
- Hansell, Haywood S
- LeMay, Curtis E
- Hansell, Haywood S
- LeMay, Curtis E
- Nutter, Ralph H
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
- Flight navigators, Military -- United States -- Biography
- Bombing, Aerial -- Germany
- Bombing, Aerial -- Japan
- B-17 bomber
- B-29 (Bomber)
- Navigateurs aériens militaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Bombardement aérien -- Allemagne
- Bombardement aérien -- Japon
- B-17 (Bombardier)
- B-29 (Bombardier)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY -- Military -- World War II
- B-17 bomber
- B-29 (Bomber)
- Bombing, Aerial
- Flight navigators, Military
- Military operations, Aerial -- American
- Germany
- Japan
- United States
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1939 - 1945
- 940.54/4973/092 22
- D790.2 .N88 2005eb
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Originally published: Novato, CA : Presidio, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-322) and index.
"Ralph H. Nutter was the lead navigator for Eighth Air Force raids over Germany when he was assigned as Maj. Gen. Curtis "the Eagle" LeMay's group navigator. Later, as the strategic air war over Europe was winding down, the ace navigator was transferred to B-29 Superfortress duty with the Twentieth Air Force in the Pacific, where he was picked by Brigadier Gen. Haywood "Possum" Hansell to be his bomber navigator. After LeMay succeeded Hansell as bomber commander, Nutter returned to navigation duty with LeMay."
"Hansell and LeMay were two of our country's leading combat commanders in Europe and the Pacific. They pioneered the concepts of strategic airpower and high-altitude daylight precision bombing. With the Possum and the Eagle affords a rare insider's perspective on aviation leadership and strategic issues, melded with extraordinary accounts of courage under fire."--Jacket
Print version record.
pt. I. The air war against Germany -- pt. II. The air war against Japan.
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