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Pathfinder Pioneer: The Memoir of a Lead Bomber Pilot in World War II
Pathfinder Pioneer: The Memoir of a Lead Bomber Pilot in World War II
Pathfinder Pioneer: The Memoir of a Lead Bomber Pilot in World War II
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Pathfinder Pioneer: The Memoir of a Lead Bomber Pilot in World War II

Written by Raymond E. Brim

Narrated by John Pruden

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In this engaging book we see how an eighteen-year-old miner shoveling ore from deep in the ground in Utah suddenly found himself, only two years later, 30,000 feet in the air over Nazi Germany, piloting a Flying Fortress in the first wave of America's air counteroffensive in Europe.

Like thousands of other young Americans, Ray Brim was plucked by the U.S. Army to be a combat flyer, and was quickly pitted against the hardened veterans of the Luftwaffe. Brim turned out to have a natural knack for flying, however, and was assigned to the select squadron developing lead Pathfinder techniques, while experimenting with radar. He was among the first to test the teeth of the Luftwaffe's defenses, and once those techniques had been honed, thousands of other bomber crews would follow into the maelstrom, from which 80,000 never returned.

Pathfinder Pioneer gives us vivid insights into the genesis of the American air campaign, told with the humor, attention to detail, and humility that captures the heart and soul of our "Greatest Generation."
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 11, 2017
ISBN9781541478862

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A biography of a bomber pilot through ww2 and onwards. Arguably not the most riveting piece of literature ever written, but it had it's moments in describing the life of a bomber pilot in the war and also how lacking the process of testing nuclear weapons was (is?)
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    A wonderful insight into the life of a great man.