Burma Warrior

Pete Avrea's World War II Story in China-Burma-India 1944-1945

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II
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Author: Peter Avrea, Barbara Avrea ISBN: 9781732191716
Publisher: BookBaby Publication: June 1, 2018
Imprint: Maplewood Productions LLC Language: English
Author: Peter Avrea, Barbara Avrea
ISBN: 9781732191716
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication: June 1, 2018
Imprint: Maplewood Productions LLC
Language: English

"Look out! That zero's coming right over, Pete, shoot him! Shoot him! Oh my God, we're on fire! On fire! We're burning! Going down! Going down!" Eighteen year old Pete Avrea was like millions of other young men who enlisted in the military following the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Join Pete as the Burma Warrior, and his fellow U.S. Army Air Force aviators, as they flew harrowing combat missions in the most god-awful theater of war: China-Burma-India. Starting as a member of the 315th Troop Carrier Squadron, Pete participated in the very dangerous mission of gaining the first Allied toehold in northern Burma at the Battle of Myitkyina. As the ground forces fought all around, and under constant threat of enemy attack, Pete and his air transport crews towed gliders, landed hundreds of troops, and dropped thousands of tons of equipment, ammo, and supplies flying the C-47 Skytrain. Pete volunteered as a dorsal turret gunner engineer for a second tour of duty with the 490th Bombardment Squadron, famously known as the Burma Bridge Busters. Climb into the B-25 Mitchell bomber with Pete, as the pilot pushes it into a level dive at 300 feet doing 275 mph and drop 4000 pounds of high explosives on a bridge. Feel the explosive concussion as you pull out and away. The jungle of Burma was as much an enemy as the Japanese were. Impenetrable terrain, venomous snakes, 100+ degree heat, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and 200 plus inches of rain during the monsoons plagued the aviators. In spite of all this, they were ordered to fly. In thirteen months at war in two tours of duty, Pete flew 117 combat missions totaling 452 hours of combat flying time, and was shot down three times including two crash landings. This is the story of Pete and the brave men he flew with.

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"Look out! That zero's coming right over, Pete, shoot him! Shoot him! Oh my God, we're on fire! On fire! We're burning! Going down! Going down!" Eighteen year old Pete Avrea was like millions of other young men who enlisted in the military following the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Join Pete as the Burma Warrior, and his fellow U.S. Army Air Force aviators, as they flew harrowing combat missions in the most god-awful theater of war: China-Burma-India. Starting as a member of the 315th Troop Carrier Squadron, Pete participated in the very dangerous mission of gaining the first Allied toehold in northern Burma at the Battle of Myitkyina. As the ground forces fought all around, and under constant threat of enemy attack, Pete and his air transport crews towed gliders, landed hundreds of troops, and dropped thousands of tons of equipment, ammo, and supplies flying the C-47 Skytrain. Pete volunteered as a dorsal turret gunner engineer for a second tour of duty with the 490th Bombardment Squadron, famously known as the Burma Bridge Busters. Climb into the B-25 Mitchell bomber with Pete, as the pilot pushes it into a level dive at 300 feet doing 275 mph and drop 4000 pounds of high explosives on a bridge. Feel the explosive concussion as you pull out and away. The jungle of Burma was as much an enemy as the Japanese were. Impenetrable terrain, venomous snakes, 100+ degree heat, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and 200 plus inches of rain during the monsoons plagued the aviators. In spite of all this, they were ordered to fly. In thirteen months at war in two tours of duty, Pete flew 117 combat missions totaling 452 hours of combat flying time, and was shot down three times including two crash landings. This is the story of Pete and the brave men he flew with.

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