Imprint On Transparent For Web
  • Books
  • Catalogs
  • Series
  • Orders
  • For Authors
  • Contact
  • Support Us
  • Social Media
  • Sale
  • Login|Cart

My War in Italy

On the Ground and in Flight with the 15th Air Force

Keith W. Mason

My War in Italy

216 pages

Published: March 2016

17 illus.

ISBN: 9780826220592

American Military Experience

Formats:

Hardcover
Digital download

Price: $32.95

BUY
About This Book

Six weeks before Pearl Harbor, Keith Mason received a $150 uniform allowance, a pair of silver wings, and his first assignment as a flight instructor: Randolph Field, Texas. Two years later, he was Squadron Officer in the 460th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in Spinazzola, Italy - flying the harrowing combat missions he dreamed of as a boy in rural Iowa.

As a memoir of one man’s war years, Mason provides insight on the inner workings of serving as an airman during World War II: facing stultifying boredom, stupefying incompetence, paralyzing fear, and stunning success. Details of how crews were selected for combat missions, of the necessity to occasionally break up crews, and of select missions in which Mason was a participant are important additions to the history and literature of this often neglected theater.

Authors and Editors

Keith Mason was born in Waukon, Iowa in 1920, where he now lives with his family. Together with wife Jean Anne Mason, for whom he named his two B-24 airplanes, he has five children and six grandchildren. During World War II, Keith Mason completed 48 missions before returning to the United States. He is a retired vocational auto mechanics instructor who organized his courses utilizing principles and techniques he learned as a flight instructor.

Praise For This Book
“A riveting read from cover to cover.”—Midwest Book Review
“The author’s colorful narrative makes this engaging story a fast and easy read.”—The Journal of America’s Military Past
“In this well written account, Mason tells us of a childhood fascination with aviation that took him from depression era Iowa to a commission in the Air Corps literally weeks before Pearl Harbor and thence on to fly B-24s.”—The NYMAS Review
“A highly readable account of one young man’s desire to fly written with the honest and authentic voice of someone who entered the war as an idealistic youth and came out the other side profoundly changed.”—Dennis Okerstrom, author of Project 9: The Birth of Air Commandos in World War II

Books of Interest

My War in Italy Digital download  by Keith W. Mason

My War in Italy

On the Ground and in Flight with the 15th Air Force

Keith W. Mason

Calendar of Events

Join our email list

Like us

Follow us

Contact Us

Support the Press

Catalogs

Ordering Information

About Us

In partnership with the university, our mission is to advance the humanities and sciences. The University of Missouri Press is committed to publishing important books, including those unlikely to turn a profit for commercial publishers. As the only member of the Association of University Presses in Missouri, the Press is the state’s premier publisher of original and relevant peer-reviewed trade titles, textbooks, references, and monographs in disciplines served by the University of Missouri. We discover and disseminate knowledge through scholarly print and digital publications that will improve the quality of life—not only for all who call Missouri home, but for people across the nation and around the world.

© Curators of the University of Missouri.
All rights reserved. DMCA and other copyright information.
An equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
Site Powered by Supadü