The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force Aviator
Truman Smith
Feb 2013 · University of Oklahoma Press
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Between April and July 1944, Truman Smith Flew thirty-five bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only twenty years old. Although barely adults, Smith and his peers worried about cramming a lifetime’s worth of experience into every free night, each knowing he probably would not survive the next bombing mission. Written with blunt honesty, wry humor, and insight, The Wrong Stuff is Smith’s gripping memoir of that time. In a new preface, the author comments with equal honesty and humor on the impact this book has had on his life.
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Robert Duncan
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September 7, 2024
My father was a crew chief on a B-17G with the "Bloody 100th" and this book gives me an even more perspective of what he went through, beyond what I remember him telling! Absolute fear masked by unbelievable adrenaline!
John Ross
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October 10, 2022
It really puts you in an aircraft flying combat missions over ww2 Germany. It is also very funny. This is a one of a kind in it's genre.
About the author
Truman J. Smith (1924–2011) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force and a member of the Distinguished Flying Cross Society. In 1958 he founded the Air Force Radio-TV network, which reached Europe, North Africa, and the Near East.
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