Title
Wot a Way to Run a War!: The World War II Exploits and Escapades of a Pilot in the 352nd Fighter Group,Used
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Ted Fahrenwald flew P47s and P51s with the famed 352nd Fighter Group out of Bodney, England, during the critical tippingpoint period of the air war over Europe. A classic devilmaycare fighter pilot, he was also a distinctively talented writer and correspondent. After a typical day of aerial combat and strafing missions over Nazioccupied Europe and of course, the requisite partying and creative mischief on base Ted sat in his Nissen hut at a borrowed typewriter and composed exquisitely humorous letteressays detailing his exploits in the air and on the ground to his family back home.But they are not the mundane missives of a homesick young man who missed his mothers cooking. Educated as a journalist, this incurably comedic pilot detailed his aerial exploits in a hilarious and selfeffacing style that combines the vernacular of the day with flights of joyful imagination rivaling St. Exupery. And he didnt sanitize his musings: Ted enthusiastically narrates the daytoday rollercoaster ribaldry that was the natural M.O. of the young men who were tasked to kill Hitlers Luftwaffe. His descriptions of nearconstant drinking, skirtchasing, gunplay, gambling, and outandout tomfoolery put the lie to the notion of the Greatest Generation as an earnest band of dogooders.These collected writings are more than literary entertainment: They are a boon to military and aviation historians and also to those who study period language and culture and the science of societies at war.The letters end dramatically when the ammunition truck that Ted was strafing exploded and knocked his Mustang The Joker out of the sky on June 8, 1944, two days after DDay. The subsequent tale of his adventures with the Maquis (French Resistance) and his capture by the Germans and escape is recounted in a fulllength book, Bailout Over Normandy: A Flyboys Adventures with the French Resistance and Other Escapades in Occupied France. Written at age 24 and recently published by Casemate, Teds book is a natural accompaniment to this collection of letters.The Maquis embraced this irreverent and whimsical American fighter pilot as one of their own, and you will too when you read Ted's chronicle of adventures in his letters. His stories leap off the page and provide a depth, richness, and sheer enjoyment that are rare in WWII literature.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONChapter 1 TRAINING IN THE U.S.A.Chapter 2 OVER STRANGE COUNTRYChapter 3 AT BODNEY AIRFIELDChapter 4 CHATEAU LIFEChapter 5 REVIEW OF ENGLANDChapter 6 BACK TO THE NISSENChapter 7 SQUADRON CHARACTERSChapter 8 THE JOY OF FLYINGChapter 9 THUNDERBOLTSChapter 10 HOLIDAYS AT BODNEYChapter 11 WINTER PARTY NIGHTSChapter 12 LOONY BIRDSChapter 13 MEETING THE MUSTANGChapter 14 SPRING PREPARATIONSChapter 15 THE END OF THE JOKER
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