title: Blood and Fears: How America's Bomber Boys of the 8th Air Force Saved World War II
author:  Kevin Wilson 
description: An intimate, often affecting look back at a group of young men who established an American air superiority that persists to this day.<br /> - <strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />Wilson has written a comprehensive history of the Eighth Air Force. By drawing on letters, diaries and his own interviews with the airmen of the Eighth, Wilson offers fresh material.<br /> - <strong><em>Air &amp; Space/Smithsonian Magazine</em></strong><br /><br />A highly readable and intimate account. A well-researched and well-written history of a significant aspect of World War II. For most collections.<br /> - <strong><em>Library Journal</em></strong><br /><br />Wilsons all-guns-blazing history of the United States Army Air Forces boys and girls covers everything from Glenn Miller dances and gifts of silk stockings to nerve-wracking daylight raids over Germany. It flies.<br /> - <strong><em>The Daily Express (U.K.)</em></strong><br /><br />A sweeping history of the time period that includes the decisions to keep attacking, despite the losses. It captures not only the experiences of the bomber crews but also the British population, the U.S. fighter squadrons providing escort, and the ground support personnel. The authors admiration for the courage, sacrifice, and skill of the bomber crews is evident in every chapter.<br /> - <strong><em>Military Review</em></strong><br /><br />An excellent telling of the 8th Air Forces strategic-bombing campaigns. Wilson reveals in this action-packed book not only the bloodshed and historic heroism of the 8th Air Force but also the personal stories and efforts of the Womens Army Corps and Red Cross women who served in England. An amazingly detailed story of the extreme bravery, heroism, and heartbreak that ultimately turned the tide of World War II. A great addition for anyones library on World War II history.<br /> - <strong><em>Flight Journal</em></strong><br /><br />Kevin Wilson has gathered together a treasure trove of unique stories from an incredible range of sources. Tense, thrilling and often tragic, his book brings to vivid life the everyday heroism of the American bomber boys.<br /> - <strong><em>Keith Lowe, bestselling author of 'Savage Continent'</em></strong><br /><br />The whole bookstyle, information, readability (and other merits I cant express as Im not that literary) are great! One of the most enjoyable I have read; hard to put down.<br /> - <strong><em>8th Air Force Historical Society</em></strong>
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  Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic
  
  
  CHAPTER I. OUT FOR BUSINESS
  
  CHAPTER II. THE RESCUE
  
  CHAPTER III. A BOLD PROJECT
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE REST BILLET
  
  CHAPTER V. THE AIR RAIDERS
  
  CHAPTER VI. STRIKING A BLOW FOR LIBERTY
  
  CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE IN THE AIR
  
  CHAPTER VIII. BOMBING THE BRIDGE
  
  CHAPTER IX. CONVINCING PROOF
  
  CHAPTER X. GROPING FOR LIGHT
  
  CHAPTER XI. THE AMAZING PLAN
  
  [CHAPTER XII. GRIPPED IN
  SUSPENSE](Air%20Service%20Boys%20Over%20the%20Atlan_split_001.html#filepos132657)
  
  [CHAPTER XIII. OFF FOR THE
  CHANNEL](Air%20Service%20Boys%20Over%20the%20Atlan_split_001.html#filepos146838)
  
  [CHAPTER XIV. READY FOR THE
  START](Air%20Service%20Boys%20Over%20the%20Atlan_split_001.html#filepos162213)
  
  [CHAPTER XV. THE LONG FLIGHT
  BEGUN](Air%20Service%20Boys%20Over%20the%20Atlan_split_001.html#filepos171757)
  
  [CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST NIGHT
  OUT](Air%20Service%20Boys%20Over%20the%20Atlan_split_001.html#filepos181410)
  
  [CHAPTER XVII. WHEN THE SUBMARINE
  STRUCK](Ai