Ready or Not, Into the Blue: The Aviation Career of a B-17 Bomber Pilot, 457th Bomb Group 8th AAF.

South Burlington, Vermont: Success Networks International, (2003). Signed by the Author. Octavo, softbound (slick, full-color photo. illus. stiff wrappers), 292 pp. Fine (As New). From lower cover: J. Francis Angier was raised on a Vermont farm and became a B-17 pilot during WWII. He flew jets and helicopters during the Cold War as well as many other types and models during a long aviation career. His love of flying was only exceeded by his love of family and country. Shot down over Germany in 1944, he spent seven months as a POW. His training, air battles, capture and survival are part of the story. So too are the many experiences that positioned and prepared him for his part in the air war over Europe. In Ready or Not you’ll come to understand and appreciate one of the many heroes of what Tom Brokaw has called, “The Greatest Generation.”