Back From 44

Great read! Pretty much a standard story of Army Air Force training and combat in the European Theater in late 1944. What is unique, at least to me is the fact that it was not recorded by an officer but by an enlisted man. I have read many stories by pilots/officers but this is the first from an enlisted man that I can recall. Highly recommended!

An interesting account of life in USAF, on bombers in WW2. Told using first person narration, it's a vivid account of the war in the air, as well as life on the base. Written well, authentic dialogue, reminiscent of diary/journal entries. 
Lest us forget.
Thanks to the author and Netgalley for this review copy.

If you pick this book up and thumb through it you really shouldn’t put it down! What at first sight seems simply a quite well-written account of a citizen airman, Nick Bentas, in the USAAF in late 1944 turns out to be so much more. The narrative, written by Nick Bentas’s nephew, is engaging and provides a compelling account of the life of an air gunner/flight engineer in the European Theatre of Operations, based on a contemporary diary. However, as the story unfolds it is revealed as so very much more. It is difficult to say more without spoiling the reading experience of readers. Suffice to say that the final pages of this book, with Bentas in a crippled B26 bomber struggling to return to his home base, highlight the price paid by the Allies to win the Second World War in a way that most accounts struggle to convey. 

Highly recommended - a most intensely moving book.

i really enjoyed reading this book, it was a great historical read and the characters were great. I would look forward to more from the author.