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    The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing

    By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

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    "He had decided to live forever, or die in the attempt." Catch-22

    The men of the 57th Bomb Wing flew out of Corsica during World War II and bombed vital bridges throughout Italy to sabotage German supply routes. Their missions were dangerous and never-ending. One bombardier in the wing was a young New Yorker named Joseph Heller, who would later turn his experience into the classic 1961 war novel Catch-22. Now aviation historian Thomas McKelvey Cleaver takes a closer look at the real-life men of the 57th, whose camaraderie in the face of death inspired the raucous cast of heroes and antiheros in Catch-22.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRegnery History
    Release dateMay 10, 2016
    ISBN9781621575436
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    The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing
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    Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

    Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with his most recent work being the best-selling Osprey titles MiG Alley (2019), I Will Run Wild (2020), Under the Southern Cross (2021), The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club (2021), Going Downtown (2022), The Cactus Air Force (2022) alongside the late Eric Hammel, and most recently Clean Sweep (2023). Tom served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.

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