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| John's 28th Mission |
1st Lt. E. John Knapp was called up to service in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He flew 35 missions out of Thorpe Abbots, England and then worked in S-2 Intelligence until the end of the War.
He collected many strike photos of the bombing of the Nazi war machine and dropping supply canisters to the French Maquisard Resistance of southern France.
He also gathered base and personal photos that give this book a unique look at the bombing missions of the 339th Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, know as the Bloody Hundredth.
During the course of his war years, he experienced the loss of his original crew, loneliness and separation from his family and new wife, and many adventures with British friends and compatriots.
The photographs were taken by John or culled from S-2 files, including bomb strike photos pulled from cameras mounted on the underside of the B-17s.
Click here to purchase the book, POET FLYER, by E. John Knapp.
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| Buzz Bomb over Southern England |
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