Wings In The Hands Of The Lord: A World War II Journal

Wings In The Hands Of The Lord presents a firsthand account of 30 bombing missions during WWII. From the pilots log of 1st Lieutenant Louis LaHood this is the day-by-day memoir of his Army Air Forces service as he led his nine-man crew over various targets throughout occupied Europe in 1944.LaHood vividly captures the dangers near misses and tragedies he encountered as a pilot taking off from England in the foggy gloom of early morning and completing his deadly assignments one-by-one.The book begins with the fortuitous chance to transfer from the walking Army to the Army Air Forces. It recounts each phase of his training: primary basic advanced and transition. The training concludes with LaHoods selection of a crew molding them into a cohesive unit and finally transporting them in a new B-17 to England to face the realities of war.This is the story of a boy becoming a man leading others through war and how a brush with failure helped him tap into a dormant faith which became the foundation of his leadership.