The Wrong Stuff: The Adventures and Misadventures of an 8th Air Force AviatorBetween April and July 1944, Truman Smith Flew thirty-five bombing missions over France and Germany. He was only twenty years old. Although barely adults, Smith and his peers worried about cramming a lifetime’s worth of experience into every free night, each knowing he probably would not survive the next bombing mission. Written with blunt honesty, wry humor, and insight, The Wrong Stuff is Smith’s gripping memoir of that time. In a new preface, the author comments with equal honesty and humor on the impact this book has had on his life.
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Contents
THE FLAK | 35 |
THE FIGHTERS | 53 |
THE WORST | 83 |
A BUSY WEEK | 99 |
LONDON TOWN | 117 |
PRE DDAY | 135 |
UP DOWN | 187 |
FLAK FARM | 227 |
A LITTLE MISTAKE | 279 |
SKUNK HOLLOW | 299 |
BACKWORDS | 327 |
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