The Schweinfurt Raids of 1943

The Ruining Heaven‘s combat scenes were pretty grueling to write, especially two of them. The 351st Bomb Group, operating out of Polebrook Air Station in the Midlands, started in earnest during the spring of 1943. My August, they were in high gear. All four squadrons flew at least one big mission a week and often…

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The cobalt North Sea sparkled far below. I told Myers I was going back to arm the bombs before we reached ten thousand feet, at which point I’d need to wear my oxygen. I was getting awfully tired of the oxygen masks, the way they would freeze to your face and the hose that was…