Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team

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Bombs Away
Cover of Bombs Away
Author	John Steinbeck
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Viking Press
Publication date	1942
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team is a non fiction book by the American author John Steinbeck. It was written in 1942 and published by Viking Press. The book is an account of Steinbecks experiences with several Bomber crews of the US Air Force during the Second World War.

On accepting the brief for Bombs Away from General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold Steinbeck wrote to his wife "It's a tremendous job I've taken on and I have to do it well."^[1] He was commissioned to write it as part of an effort to increase Air Force recruitment and morale.

Steinbeck travelled more than 20000 miles in 30 days with photgrapher John Swope to various Air Force bases in the United States with the assignment of documenting the various jobs needed to form a bombing team.^[2]

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v • d • e Works by John Steinbeck

Novels:	Cup of Gold • To a God Unknown • Tortilla Flat • In Dubious Battle • Of Mice and Men • The Grapes of Wrath • The Moon Is Down • Cannery Row • The Pearl • The Wayward Bus • Burning Bright • East of Eden • Sweet Thursday • The Short Reign of Pippin IV • The Winter of Our Discontent • The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

Non-fiction:	The Log from the Sea of Cortez • Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team • A Russian Journal • Once There Was a War • Travels with Charley • Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters

Short stories:	"The Chrysanthemums" • "The White Quail" • "Flight" • "The Snake" • "Breakfast" • "The Raid" • "The Harness" • "The Vigilante" • "Johnny Bear" • "Red Pony" • "The Murder" • "Saint Katy the Virgin"

Short story collections:	The Pastures of Heaven • The Long Valley