Lightning Sky

by R.C. George Narrated by John McLain

Overview

October 6, 1944. Twenty-year-old Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant David "Mac" Warren MacArthur was on a strafing mission over Greece when a round of 88-mm German anti-aircraft flak turned his P-38 Lightning into a comet of fire and smoke. Dave parachuted to safety as the Lightning lived up to her name and struck the Adriatic Sea like a bolt of flames. In minutes, he was plucked from the water-only to find himself on the wrong end of a German rifle pointing straight at his head.



Dave's father, Lieutenant Colonel Vaughn MacArthur, was a chaplain with the 8th Armored Division of Patton's Third Army when he learned of his son's capture. He made it his personal mission to find him. For the duration of the war, as Dave was shuttled from camp to camp-including Dachau-his father never stopped searching. Then in May 1945, Vaughn's last hope was Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany. Through the barbed wire fence, he cried out his son's name. Incredibly, out of tens of thousands of POWs, one of them, squinting into the sunlight, turned and smiled.



Father and son spent the next two weeks together celebrating, a forever cherished memory. Over the next twenty-five years, Dave would go on to honor his father in rescue missions of his own, becoming a highly decorated and genuine American war hero.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal - Audio

★ 07/01/2019

In October 1944, American Army Air Corps pilot Lt. Dave MacArthur was shot down over Greece and sent to a German prisoner of war camp. He was transferred from camp to camp, but his father, Lieutenant Colonel Vaughn MacArthur, a chaplain with the 8th Armored Division, never gave up hope of finding his beloved son. The research is meticulous and the tale is well written, almost like a novel. It is optimistic and realistic, both funny and sad. A wonderful retelling of an individual story of World War II that combines the universal bond between parent and child and a war story. John McLain has narrated more than 200 audiobooks and his performance is pure entertainment. VERDICT Highly recommended for any listener interested in war, family, or just a good story.—Scott R. DiMarco, Mansfield Univ. of Pennsylvania Lib.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171504151
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	04/30/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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