Bailout Author:Don Charles Osborne Bailout, Don Charles Osborne's memoir of his service in the Second World War, begins in the summer of 1944 when the war in Europe was in its fifth year, and Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich occupied the continent, except for the neutral countries of Sweden and Switzerland. Mr. Osborne also recounts the first, shortest mission ("the only one that... more » did not take us deep into the heart of Nazi Germany") all the way to the fourteenth mission where, five miles over Hamburg, Germany, the airplane is hit by anti-aircraft fire. The B-17 suddenly erupts into a raging inferno and explodes. Thankfully, Mr. Osborne was able to parachute out and live, although painstakingly, through the last months of combat as a prisoner of war. Bailout is a colorful, exciting, and heartfelt tribute to the men who served with valor in the U.S. Eighth Air Force, written by a man who "had placed my trust in God and tried my best to live my life one day at a time, knowing that the Bible says all things work together for good."« less