Half a Wing, Three Engines and a
Prayer (Aviation Week Books) by
Brian ONeill
Half A Wing,Three Engines And A Prayer
Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the
bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as a well-
researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crews experience ...
excellent. (Roger A. Freeman, author of The Mighty Eighth)
Personal Review: Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer
(Aviation Week Books) by Brian ONeill
It's always a pleasure to find a non-fiction account of any period which is
so good you don't want to put it down. Here's an account of the American
contribution to the bombing war in the European Theatre of Ops which is
truely readable at all levels (no pun intended.) The story concentrates
essentially on bombing operations, in a chronological order, explored
mainly through the eyes of the bomber crews themselves as recorded in

their diaries and wartime interrogations and de-briefings. These
experiences are reinforced by solid research into US and German records,
just to confirm the men's accounts. The story concentrates mainly on the
crews of one bomber group as they go through their tour of duty. But in
the process, it recounts what many men saw and did in the air over
Germany. This is NOT a statistical account of the US strategic bombing
offence. This is an up-close-and-personal account of men at war, trying to
beat the odds and survive the full 30 Ops needed to finish a tour and go
home. So when planes blow up beside you and Messerschmitts pop out
of the clouds behind, you'll discover what it felt like to have your guns jam
at the critical moment, to feel enemy cannon shells hammer your airframe,
to sense the hand of death at the controls, then to see 'little friends' come
racing to the rescue. The paperback edition contains some unpublished
aerial photos, and some surprises - like a photo of the first US experiment
with flying bombs, which looked like miniature Lightning fighters carried
under a B-17s wings. Most of all, this book is a good read - covering lots
of action at a ripping pace. It's a good, thick book and well worth the
price. I was glad I bought it.
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