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During the early years of World Warfare II in the Pacific theater, against overwhelming chances, young North american airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the conflict. They faced identified Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft flames without deviations from concentrate on, and thousands of mls of over-water traveling with no substitute landing sites. Finish 40 and Home, by Phil Scearce, is the real storyline of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America acquired its eyes on the conflict in Europe. The book opens with Sgt. Herman Scearce, the author's father, lying down about his years to become listed on the Army Air Corps at 16. The narrative employs Scearce through training and into combat along with his new crewmates, including pilot Lt. Joe Deasy, whose last-minute transfer from training duty thrusts the new staff in to the squadron commander's role. Inexperienced crews are pressed into combat with navigational training limited for the great ranges flown over Pacific routes, and loss mount. Finish 40 and Home can take the listener into combat with B-24 Liberator bomber crews facing the perils of long missions against small Japanese-held island goals. After new crews put together into a squadron on Hawaii, they may be sent on a objective to bomb Nauru. Soon the squadron progresses to bomb Wake Island, Tarawa, and lastly Iwo Jima. These missions bring American causes closer and closer to japan home islands and precede the critical American invasions of Tarawa and Iwo Jima. The 42nd Squadron's loss through 1943 were staggering: 50 out of 110 airmen killed. Phil Scearce explores the framework of the conflict and sets the level for these daring missions, revealing the motivations of the men who flew them: to complete forty combat missions and make it home again.
