To Kingdom Come

On September 6, 1943, a fleet of 338 B-17 "Flying Fortresses" embarked on a perilous mission from England to bomb Nazi weapons factories in Stuttgart, Germany. As dense clouds obscured their targets, one commander's fateful decision to circle the city led to catastrophic losses, with forty-five planes downed and many airmen lost or missing. In this gripping narrative, award-winning author Robert J. Mrazek shares first-person accounts from six B-17 airmen, capturing the intensity of the air battle and the extraordinary bravery of those who fought to survive.