Military Wiki
For other uses, see Wild Blue
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany
Author Stephen E. Ambrose
Cover artist unknown
Country USA
Language English
Subject Unknown
Genre Historic
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date 2001
Media type Paperback
Pages 304 in Paperback
ISBN 978-0-7434-5062-1
OCLC Number 59450527

The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys who Flew the B-24s over Germany, by historian Stephen Ambrose, was published in 2001. The book details the lives and World War II experiences of pilots, bombardier, navigators, radio operators and gunners flying B-24s of the U.S. Army Air Forces against Nazi Germany. It includes a recounting of George McGovern's career as a pilot with the 455th Bomb Group in Italy, encompassing 35 bombing missions, which were completed despite bad weather and heavy flak attacks from German anti-aircraft guns.

It has been alleged that Ambrose plagiarized parts of the book by copying text from endnote sources.[1]

Notes[]

  1. Mark Lewis, "Did Ambrose Write Wild Blue, Or Just Edit It?" Forbes, February 27, 2002.
All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at The Wild Blue and the edit history here.