FLAK STORM: One World War II Soldier's Journey from Country Boy to Decorated Bomber Pilot
Book Details
PublisherHale Publications
ISBN / ASINB00RI9R5QI
ISBN-13978B00RI9R5Q8
Sales Rank469,200
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
A first-hand account penned by a decorated World War II bomber pilot, "Flak Storm" recounts the often harrowing exploits of Fred L. Troy in successfully completing more than 30 missions over the battle-torn terrain of Munich, Vienna, Blechhammer, and others. However, readers of Flak Storm will find themselves enraptured not only by the outcome of Captain Troy’s service, but by the journey…
As a teenage college student in rural Virginia, Fred, spurred to service by the attack on Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the Army Air Corps with dreams of aiding the U.S. forces as a combat pilot. Little did he know that his aptitude and leadership would instead earn him appointment as a squadron leader and pilot of the icon of American power, the B-17 Flying Fortress.
Captain Troy’s military journey spans from Aviation Cadet Training in the American South to the flak-filled skies of Western Europe. While Captain Troy’s heroics in battle were rewarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the honor and glory of his service was met with substantial heartache and sorrow as well, as dear friends with whom relationships had been forged through both the fiery trials of bomber missions and the grind of cadet training, were killed. The B-17 cockpit provided Captain Troy, who was himself the victim of injury from exploding flak, a front-row view as fellow squadron bombers went down in a sea of fiery explosions.
"Flak Storm" is a story of patriotism, courage, death, redemption, narrow escapes, and even humor; a story that could only be told by the man who lived it, Fred L. Troy.
As a teenage college student in rural Virginia, Fred, spurred to service by the attack on Pearl Harbor, volunteered for the Army Air Corps with dreams of aiding the U.S. forces as a combat pilot. Little did he know that his aptitude and leadership would instead earn him appointment as a squadron leader and pilot of the icon of American power, the B-17 Flying Fortress.
Captain Troy’s military journey spans from Aviation Cadet Training in the American South to the flak-filled skies of Western Europe. While Captain Troy’s heroics in battle were rewarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the honor and glory of his service was met with substantial heartache and sorrow as well, as dear friends with whom relationships had been forged through both the fiery trials of bomber missions and the grind of cadet training, were killed. The B-17 cockpit provided Captain Troy, who was himself the victim of injury from exploding flak, a front-row view as fellow squadron bombers went down in a sea of fiery explosions.
"Flak Storm" is a story of patriotism, courage, death, redemption, narrow escapes, and even humor; a story that could only be told by the man who lived it, Fred L. Troy.
