For the men of the Army Air Corps in early World War II, the chance of surviving the obligatory twenty-five missions without death, injury, or imprisonment was one in three. This work features the stories of the air war from the men who lived and fought it. It tells about the Jewish aviators' experiences as POWs in German camps, and more.

I searched the back corners of the historical closet for stories that added to the historiography of the air war, rather than repeated what already existed.