Into the Inferno
Over Nazi-occupied Europe with a B-17 Waist Gunner
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2025
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-558-4 (ISBN)
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-558-4 (ISBN)
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Bert Ibelle was 19 years old when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, flying bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe. Using diary entries, letters, and Bert's memoir, this is a vivid insight into the experiences of the Greatest Generation.
The temperature was 40 degrees below zero when fighter planes screamed out of the clouds, puncturing the fuselage with a spray of machinegun fire and sending the bomber beside them into a death spin. This was followed by intense flak, as a hundred cannons on the ground tried to blow them out of the sky.
When they finally made it back to the base, another enemy awaited them: homesickness, crushing boredom, relentless cold, and more mud than they could imagine.
Bert Ibelle was a 19-year-old freshman at Dartmouth College when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps to fly dozens of bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe and win the Purple Heart. His buddy, Fran Brighenti, served as an infantry marksman on the opposite side of the globe, slogging through the steaming jungles of the Philippine and the fiery hell of Okinawa.
Their wars couldn’t have been more different, nor could their approach to life. While the ever-exuberant Fran was a ladies man, Bert only had eyes for “Red,” the girl back home who was in love with another young man.
This is their story—one that combines terror, humor, friendship, and a son’s search for his elusive father.
The temperature was 40 degrees below zero when fighter planes screamed out of the clouds, puncturing the fuselage with a spray of machinegun fire and sending the bomber beside them into a death spin. This was followed by intense flak, as a hundred cannons on the ground tried to blow them out of the sky.
When they finally made it back to the base, another enemy awaited them: homesickness, crushing boredom, relentless cold, and more mud than they could imagine.
Bert Ibelle was a 19-year-old freshman at Dartmouth College when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps to fly dozens of bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe and win the Purple Heart. His buddy, Fran Brighenti, served as an infantry marksman on the opposite side of the globe, slogging through the steaming jungles of the Philippine and the fiery hell of Okinawa.
Their wars couldn’t have been more different, nor could their approach to life. While the ever-exuberant Fran was a ladies man, Bert only had eyes for “Red,” the girl back home who was in love with another young man.
This is their story—one that combines terror, humor, friendship, and a son’s search for his elusive father.
Bill Ibelle is a career journalist who worked as executive editor of Northeastern Magazine, features editor of Lawyers USA, and as a reporter and columnist on several daily newspapers.
The Kingdom of Loneliness
Dear Folks
Distance
‘Love Is Like a Rocket’
‘Screwed, Blewed, and Tattooed’
Deployed
‘We’re Not on Vacation Here’
The Homefront
The Boy on the Porch
‘I’m Having The Time of My Life’
‘It Was Exotic in the Extreme’
‘And My Mother Was Worried About the Germans’
First Mission
‘Hit ‘Em Good Kid’
Too Close For Comfort
The Glass Ball
Anatomy of a Mission
I’m Going to Attempt to Explain’
The Angels Sing
The Isolation Room
We Were Tired Beyond Tears
A Narrow Escape
The Final Fury
Dear Mom Ibelle
Coming Home
Grazie di Cuore
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 30 photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-63624-558-7 / 1636245587 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-63624-558-4 / 9781636245584 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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