Longest Mission AFEES B-17G Netherlands Escape Evasion

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The Longest Missionby Beth Ivey HoevePrivately published book which is a compilation of World War II memories, stories and pictures of the crew of the B-17G, #43-38284, 863d Bomb Squadron, 493d Bomb Group, 3d Air Division, 8th Air Force, Station 152, Debach, England. "STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT". The B-17 made an emergency crash landing Nov. 2, 1944, in Occupied Holland. The brave people of the Dutch Underground protected and smuggled the crew back to freedom. This is the true story of what happened. Book is 70 pages, full of pictures.AFEES is the Air Forces Escape & Evasion Society, members must have been down behind enemy lines and either evaded capture, or escaped from captivity to return to Alliled control.