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The B-26 Marauder was a formidable weapon in the campaign to defeat Hitler's armies, and, in the words of his first copilot, "Louis Rehr "was the best there was" flying it. This memoir, which benefits from forty years of research on the combat history of the B-26, contributions from comrades, and an extensive collection of rare photographs, describes Rehr's experiences, including five night-bombing missions he volunteered to fly in 1944 and accounts of attacks by Me-262 jets in late April of 1945. Rehr, a squadron commander with the 323rd Bombardment Group, earned 12 air medals, five battle stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Trevor J. Allen
PART I : ENGLAND
1 D-Day and the White Tailed Marauders
2 Fugitive from a Training Center Arrives in England May 1944
3 D-Day Plus 24, Earls Colne, England June 1944
4 Bridge Busting and Night Bombing, Beaulieu, England July-August 1944
5 On Leave in London Summer 1944
PART II : FRANCE
6 The Germans Retreat and Regroup: Flying Missions from Lessay and Chartres, France August-September 1944
7 The German Offensive: Flying Missions from Laon-Athies Airdrome, France October 1944-January 1, 1945
8 On Leave in Paris Late Fall 1944
9 Veterans and New Recruits: Flying Missions from Laon-Athies and Denain-Prouvy Airdromes, France January-February 1945
10 No Easy Road to Victory, Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, Valenciennes, France March-April 1945
11 The Last of the Jet Boys and Our Marauders, Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, Valenciennes, France April-May 1945
PART III : GERMANY
12 Disarmament Duty, Kempten, Germany May-June 1945
Afterword: Remembrance and Reflection, October 2002
(by Carleton Rockefeller Rehr)
Appendix One: Tributes to the Marauder
(by Carleton Rockefeller Rehr)
Appendix Two: Biographies
(by Carleton Rockefeller Rehr)
Appendix Three: Citations Received
Military History of Louis S. Rehr
Index



