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81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness / Brian Murphy with Toula Vlahou.

81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness / Brian Murphy with Toula Vlahou.

Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily retrofitted B-24 Liberator in harsh winter conditions. The mission ended in a crash that claimed all but one- Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with no wilderness experience. With little more than a parachute for cover and an old Boy Scout knife in his pocket, Crane found himself alone in subzero temperatures. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane's remarkable twelve-week saga.

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Adult Non Fiction   Narooma . . Available .  
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Shelf Location 940.5449 MUR
Author Murphy, Brian, 1959-
Title 81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness / Brian Murphy with Toula Vlahou.
Alternate Titles Eighty-one days below zero
Publication Details Boston : Da Capo Press, 2016.
©2015
Description 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Notes Machine generated contents note: ch. One December 21, 1943 -- ch. Two December 22, 1943 -- ch. Three December 23, 1943 -- ch. Four June 23, 1994 -- ch. Five December 25, 1943 -- ch. Six December 29, 1943 -- ch. Seven December 29, 1943 -- ch. Eight December 30, 1943 -- ch. Nine August 31, 2006 -- ch. Ten January 10, 1944 -- ch. Eleven January 19, 1944 -- ch. Twelve February 10, 1944 -- ch. Thirteen September 15, 2006 -- ch. Fourteen March 3, 1944 -- ch. Fifteen March 9, 1944 -- ch. Sixteen March 10, 1944 -- ch. Seventeen March 13, 1944 -- ch. Eighteen March 14, 1944 -- ch. Nineteen March 7, 2007 -- ch. Twenty September 7, 2007.
Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily retrofitted B-24 Liberator in harsh winter conditions. The mission ended in a crash that claimed all but one- Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with no wilderness experience. With little more than a parachute for cover and an old Boy Scout knife in his pocket, Crane found himself alone in subzero temperatures. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane's remarkable twelve-week saga.
Subject Crane, Leon, -- 1919-2002
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska
Airplane crash survival -- Alaska
Added Author Vlahou, Toula
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