soc.history.war.world-war-ii

On Feb 26, 9:54 am, "T. Fink" wrote:
> Michael Emrys wrote:
> > The USAAF also operated B-25s in the ETO, though I don't have the numbers. I
> > have a cousin who was shot down over France while piloting one.

I'm not questioning the fact itself, but I wonder if it was over
Southern France? My father's group made some raids over the Rhone
Valley, but that was before his arrival on the scene IIRC.

> IIRC in Catch-22, they use B-25s in Italy, but I don't know if this was
> based on facts or a pure fictional background. Reminds me that I should
> read this book again soon.

Author Joseph Heller was a bombardier in a B-25 unit that flew in the
MTO; other than that, Catch-22 is pure fiction. He explicitly denied
in later life that his comrades and commanders were anything like the
characters depicted in the novel.

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