Air Born: Two Generations in Flight

by Jan Davis

Two aviators making history. Two Americans serving their country. One incredible story spanning fifty years and two generations.

Ben Smotherman, a B-17 pilot in World War II, valiantly fought in the European Theater of Operations before being shot down over Holland in July 1943. After enduring twenty-one months as a prisoner of war, he was finally reunited with his loved ones and was able to start a family. Years later, after perusing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1955026769
• ISBN13: 9781955026765
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Ballast Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

True WWII pilot adventure connected to becoming and being US astronaut

Eye-opening WWII pilot’s true accounts of his training, combat, and German POW experience. His loving astronaut daughter researched and wrote his story connecting his experiences to hers as an astronaut. Brave, intelligent, patriotic , exciting people and their stories.