Wil S. Hylton

Well, although it kept my interest, it didn't turn out like I thought it would. I was hoping for some "grand revelation" about how the missing guys survived the plane crash and ended up in some secret government mission, etc. That, of course, is not anywhere near what the book is about. It's very similar to [b:Hunting Warbirds: The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II|1036230|Hunting Warbirds The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II|Carl Hoffman|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320430817s/1036230.jpg|1022568] in that there's a guy who becomes obsessed with finding a WWII aircraft crash. Where the Hoffman book recalls in agonizing detail how men attempt to get a B-29 to fly again, this Hylton book flips back and forth between the most recent decade and 1944, and illustrates the details that lead up to the _finding_ of a B-24. Along the way, some mysteries are uncovered that the reader never has the satisfaction of finding out the answers to. Fairly quick read, but nothing special here.… (más)