Gideon's Thunder: A B-24 Bomber Pilot Diary

By Mark Holmes

In the Bible, Gideon was called upon by an angel of the Lord to do battle. Like so many thousands of others, Henry T. Holmes was called to service to help stop a heinous dictator from overtaking the world. He did his part, bringing thunder down upon the German war machine while seeing many of his friends and comrades suffer and die in the process, very nearly succumbing himself more than once.

Gideon's Thunder is a gripping, first-person WWII aviation memoir that drops you straight into the cockpit of a B-24 Liberator as Henry T. Holmes flies thirty-five perilous missions over Europe. Mark T. Holmes blends mission records from the 392nd Bomb Group with vivid storytelling to recreate the flak-filled skies, the courage of bomber crews, and the emotional weight carried by those who fought to stop the German war machine. It's an intimate, immersive tribute - part history, part family legacy - that lets readers feel the thunder of the U.S. Eighth Air Force as if they were right there in the pilot's seat.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09DDZ89CR
• ISBN13: 9798546297596
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"