The Final Mission Of Bottoms Up A World War Ii Pilots Story

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On November 18, 1944, the end of the war in Europe finally in sight, American co-pilot Lieutenant Lee Lamar struggled alongside pilot Randall Darden to keep Bottoms Up, their B-24J Liberator, in the air. Over Pula in what is now Croatia, they were once more hit by German fire. Lamar all but surrendered to death before fortuitously bailing out and being captured. in 2006 Lamar received an email from Croatian archaeologist Luka Bekic who had discovered the wreckage of Bottoms Up.

subjects: Prisoners of war,  United States,  Military Air pilots,  Stalag Luft I.,  Bottoms Up (Bomber),  United States. Army Air Forces,  German Prisoners and prisons,  Bomber pilots,  B-24 (Bomber),  American Personal narratives,  American Aerial operations,  World War, 1939-1945,  Biography,  Bottoms Up (B-24 bomber),  World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, american,  Air pilots, biography