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Works Cited Term Paper, Jour 4070.01 (Lewis)

Works Cited

Interviews

  1. Frank Bell, 409th pilot, Historian for the 409th Bombardment Group (L): Bell’s response in disagreement to RE Hudson’s article contenting that all members of Mission 163 should have received the Distinguished Service Cross as did Connick. Bell believed the gunners should not have received the same medal at the pilots as the “gunners were innocent passengers on the airplanes” just going along for the ride.
  1. John Cartwright, 409th gunner, interviewed 2002, Frisco, Tx. Cartwright (recently deceased). He was bumped the last minute for a navigator from the Invader that led Mission 163 into battle. He had flown over 30 continuous missions with the pilot of that plane until Mission 163.
  1. Preston Hansen, 409th pilot, interviewed via phone March 2002. “When they asked for volunteers we knew it would be a dangerous mission, but we weren’t expecting it to be a strafing run, at least not until the next morning.”
  1. William E. Hudson, 409th gunner, interviewed off and on over the years. Now 84, sole surviving participant in Mission 163.

Books

  1. 409th Bombardment Group (L) Association Inc. History of the 409th Bomb Group (L), European Theater of Operations, World War II. USA, 1996.
  1. Bell, Frank. “Response.” RagTag Control Newsletter. 409th Bomb Group (L) Association. August 2003.
  1. Clausewitz, Carl von. On War. 1832. Trans. J.J. Graham, 1908. Ed. Anatol Rapoport. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1968.
  1. Conte, Ralph. Attack Bombers We Need You! Nashville, TN: JM Press, 2001.
  1. Hudson, R.E. “January 23rd, 1945 – “The Air Battle My Dad Survived.” RagTag Control Newsletter. 409th Bomb Group (L) Association. April 2003.
  1. JANE’S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. Fwd: Bill Gunston. 1946. New York: Military Press, 1989.
  1. Johnsen, Frederick A. Douglas A-26 Invader, WarbirdTech Series, Vol. 22. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 1999.
  1. Meilinger, Phillip S. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, The Life of a General. 1989. Bloomington, IN: Indiana U. Press, Air Force Hist. & Museums Program, 2000.
  1. Mesko, Jim. A-20 Havoc in Action. Illust. by Joe Sewell. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal, 1994.
  1. Parker, Danny S. Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive, 1944-1945. 1991. Jackson, TN: Da Capo Press, 2004
  1. ---.To Win the Winter Sky: The Air War Over the Ardennes, 1944-1945. Conshohocken,PA: Combined Books, 1994.
  1. Rust, Kenn C. The 9th Air Force in World War II. Fellbrook, CA: Aero Pub, 1970.
  1. Spires, David N. Air Power For Patton’s Army, The XIX Tactical Air Command in the Second World War. Air Force History and Museums Program, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Gov Printing Office, 2002.
  1. ---. Patton’s Air Force, Forging a Legendary Air-Ground Team. 2002. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Press, 2002
  1. Weber, Horst. Zielpunkt Südeifel, Ein Tagebunch über die Luftkriegsereignisse in den Kreisen Bitburg und Prüm 1939-1945 in zwei: Bünden. Bitburger Land, Germany: Herausgeber, 2003.

Internet Articles

  1. A Salute to the B-26 Marauder. “A Brief History and Specifications.” 15 March 2008.
  1. Air Force Historical Studies Office. Ed. Kit C. Carter and Robert Miller. “The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology, 1941-1945.” 10 March 2008
  1. Ijmuiden. “Encyclopedia Britannica.” 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 15 March 2008. /article-9042086.
  1. Ijmuiden. “Wikipedia.” 2008. Wikipedia Online. 15 March 2008.
  1. Carey, Brian Todd. HistoryNet.com. 2008. “Operation Pointblank: Evolution of Allied Air Doctrine During World War II.” 15 March 2008.
  1. Klein, Morris B. B-26 Marauder Archive. 2008. “Mission to Ijmuiden.” 15 March 2008.
  1. Lockheedmartin. 2008 “B-26 Marauder Medium Bomber.” 15 March2008.
  1. Martin B-26 Marauder – Chapter 18-V. 29 May 1989. “Service of B-26 Marauder with USAAF, ETO.” 15 March 2008.
  1. Ninth Air Forch Association. 2008. “Eagle’s Eye View: History of the Ninth Air Force.” 15 March 2008.

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