Finding Bomb Boogie
EVER WONDER WHAT YOUR FATHER DID IN WORLD WAR II?
Finding Bomb Boogie is a daughter’s search to discover her father’s war history long after he is gone—the quiet World War II veteran and tail gunner on a B-17 named “Bomb Boogie” flying bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, the bomber boy of twenty-one years, scared of heights, parachuting twice out of a plane to his eventual capture by the Germans, the resilient airman held in a prisoner of war camp for twenty-two months who spent his twenty-fourth birthday year on a forced march in one of the coldest winters in over fifty years, the daredevil who rolled down a hill during the march to escape captivity in another prison camp, and the tired, emaciated young man who finally made it home, only to fight more battles. Finding Bomb Boogie will inspire family members to learn and share their veteran’s history with future generations—before these stories silently slip away. “Lest we forget.”
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About the Author
Maureen is a retired registered nurse specializing in adult critical care, neonatal critical care, and administrative nursing. She became a World War II history buff after she retired and had the opportunity to research her father's war story.
Tracing her father's footsteps during World War II, her research took her to Germany, Poland, Great Britain, Panama, and Austria. The highlight of her travels was when she visited Bassingbourn, the Air Force Base in East Anglia, England, where her father flew bombing missions to Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe.
Maureen is a member of the 91st Bomb Group Memorial Association and serves on their board as editor of their quarterly newsletter, "The Ragged Irregular." She is also a member of the 8th Air Force Historical Society and the Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society.
Maureen lives with her husband in San Francisco and spends most of her time traveling between Lake Tahoe and Sonoma County. She is an avid skier and enjoys hiking and gardening when she is not busy writing. She and her husband have two grown children and two grandsons, whom Maureen buys model airplanes for--mostly B-17s--every chance she gets. This is her first book. She is writing a second book about World War II prisoners of war.
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