Simmons, Kenneth W., — KRIEGIE - Prisoner of War.

Hillman Periodicals Inc., New York, 1960, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, piictorial wrappers, the author Kenneth W. Simmons was an officer of 567 Bombardment Squadron flying B-24 Liberators from Hethel airfield south-west of Norwich. The author has written a most detailed description of the briefing for a mission to bomb Mainz, where they are told elements of the German army facing General Patton were being reformed and rearmed. The author, from Texas, was first lieutenant bombardier of Betsy II, commanded by pilot Gene Coletti from New York, with co-pilot Tim Conway from Ohio. The fourth officer was Terrell Hollis, the navigator, from Mississippi. The remainder of the crew were nose gunner Norman Alston, engineer Robert Bulla, radio operator Robert Wheatley, waist gunners John Mather and Poltra and tail gunner Jim Falla.After a nine minute bombing run the aircraft was hit several times by flak, the crew bailed out and the author relates his capture, interrogation and time in captivity as a prisoner of war, a kriegie, spine sunned, price label and short incision upper wrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems.edges tanned, lacks title page and pubishing data, bookseller stamp and prices inside upper wrapper, binding glue brittle, very good,