Finding a fallen hero : the death of a ball turret gunner

Title
  1. Finding a fallen hero : the death of a ball turret gunner / Bob Korkuc ; foreword by James M. McCaffrey.
Published by
  1. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2008.
Author
  1. Korkuc, Bob, 1962-

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Description
  1. xv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "To all appearances, Anthony "Tony" Korkuc was just another casualty of World War II. A gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, Korkuc was lost on a bombing mission over Germany and his family believed his body had never been recovered. But when they learned in 1995 that Tony was actually buried at Arlington National Cemetery, his nephew Bob Korkuc set out on a seven-year quest to learn the true fate of an uncle he never knew. Finding a Fallen Hero is a story that blends wartime drama with a primer on specialized research. Bob Korkuc first set out to learn how his Uncle Tony came to rest at Arlington. In the process, he also unraveled the mystery of what occurred over the skies of Germany half a century ago."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Korkuc, Anthony, 1917-1944 > Death and burial
  2. Korkuc, Anthony, 1917-1944
  3. United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 532nd > Biography
  4. United States. Army Air Forces > Biography
  5. United States. Army Air Forces > Aerial gunners > Biography
  6. United States. Army Air Forces
  7. United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron, 532nd
  8. 1939-1945
  9. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
  10. Aircraft accidents > Investigation > United States
  11. Aircraft accidents > Germany
  12. Aircraft accident victims > United States
  13. Death and burial of a person
  14. Aircraft accident victims
  15. Aircraft accidents
  16. Aircraft accidents > Investigation
  17. Armed Forces > Aerial gunners
  18. Military operations, Aerial > American
  19. Luftwaffe
  20. Flugzeugführer
  21. Zweiter Weltkrieg
  22. Abschuss
  23. Suche
  24. Tod
  25. Germany
  26. United States
  27. Deutschland
  28. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies
  3. Biographies.
Contents
  1. Mourning a hero -- The loss of a Flying Fortress -- Revelations from Willmandingen -- Flying machines and memories -- On the road to find out -- Family ties -- With the men of the 381st -- The ball's-eye view -- Twelve o'clock high -- The eagle and the swallow -- The Earl King's demand -- Coming full circle -- The last day of the big week.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index.