Last Flight of the Gustav: Lt. Col. James A. Gunn III, Captain Bazu Cantacuzino, and the Daring Airlift Rescue of 1162 Allied Airmen

by James Thompson

A desperate air war was fought over Romania in World War II as the Allies tried to knock out Hitler's oil supply. By August 1944, more than 1,100 American airman were held in Romanian POW camps. It was then that the Soviets launched their invasion of Romania and the country's young monarch, King Michael, staged a coup d'etat that deposed the country's iron fisted pro-Nazi dictator, Ian Antonescu. For the American POWs, King Michael's Coup triggered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1537376861
• ISBN13: 9781537376868
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"