Describes the historic air force bombing by 338 B-17 "Flying Fortress" pilots who bombed Nazi weapons factories in Stuttgart Germany in 1943.

Paperback ed. published 2012.

Prelude. Hap ; Ira -- The warriors. Reb ; The Greek ; Andy ; Bob ; Ted ; Jimmy -- The mission. Juggernaut ; The Golden Eagle ; Into the valley ; The blind leading the blind ; A ride in the whirlwind ; And the sky rained heroes ; Est nulla via invia virtuti ; Theirs not to reason why ; To the last beat of the heart ; Hard landings ; The last one left -- Slipstreams. Remains of the day ; Eventide ; The day after ; The back of the tiger ; Interlude ; Hitting the road ; Eclipse ; Greek holiday ; Friends and enemies ; Desperate journey ; The telegram ; On the run ; Against all odds ; Cloak and dagger ; The end of a tour ; Reg.