The Wild Blue | |
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Author(s) | Stephen E. Ambrose |
Cover artist | unknown |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Subject(s) | Unknown |
Genre(s) | Historic |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 2001 |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 304 in Paperback |
ISBN | 978-0743450621 |
OCLC Number | 59450527 |
The Wild Blue, by historian Stephen Ambrose, was published in 2001. The book details the lives and World War II experiences of pilots, bombardier, navigators, radio operators and gunners flying B-24s of the U.S. Army Air Forces against Germany. It includes a recounting of George McGovern's career as a pilot with the 455th Bomb Group in Italy, encompassing 35 bombing missions, which were completed despite bad weather and heavy flak attacks from German anti-aircraft guns.
It has been alleged that Ambrose plagiarized parts of the book by copying text from endnote sources. [1]