Black Thursday, Martin Caidin
Black Thursday, Martin Caidin
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Black Thursday
The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid

Author: Martin Caidin

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/24/2018

Synopsis

On Thursday, October 14, 1943, two hundred and ninety one B-17 Flying Fortresses set out for a strategic bombing raid on the factories in Schweinfurt. Sixty of those planes never returned and six hundred and fifty men were lost during the course of that mission. It was the greatest failure that the United States Air Force had ever suffered and became known as "Black Thursday."

Martin Caidin's Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid is a brilliant account of that day that should never be forgotten. This book uncovers in thrilling detail the build-up to that fateful raid as the ground crew prepare the aircraft and the aviators are briefed on their mission ahead.

By consulting with first-hand accounts and interviewing survivors Caidin's book takes the listener to the heart of the action as the planes burst into battle in the skies above Western Europe.

About Martin Caidin

Martin Caidin was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin was an airplane pilot as well, and bought and restored a 1936 Junkers Ju 52 airplane. His book Black Thursday was first published in 1960. He passed away in 1997.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Porter on March 13, 2023

I enjoyed this book more from a personal perspective as my grandfather served as a bombadier during WWII. He started the war as a bombadier trainer, so he likely knew many of the people who served in the Mighty 8th. (My grandpa's roommate and fellow bombadier trainer was "Tennessee" Ernie Ford.) But......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on July 03, 2018

The second raid on Schweinfurt on October 14, 1943 was as successful as the first raid in August 17,1943-it wasn’t. It took the planners two raids, deep into Germany territory to realize that without fighter escort, the B-17 and B-24 Liberators were nothing more than target practice for the Luftwaff......more

Goodreads review by Mai-Lan Hanley on April 05, 2018

The Truly Greatest Generation! I have read hundreds of books on the histories of war. Some more horrific than others going back as far as history can carry us. The story described in this book ranks among the most incredibly horror filled imaginable! It paints a picture of a struggle that is difficul......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on November 14, 2018

A love of mine is WWII aerial warfare and while I’ve read books by Martin Middlebrook, Bruce Gamble, and others I hadn’t read any by Martin Caiden and have to say I’m impressed. While I was expecting the usual pre-mission, mission, post-mission with veterans inputs as well as giving us the unit inpu......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on August 30, 2023

I was a bit disappointed in this. Being that it was a bit of World War II history I didn't know about, I was looking forward to reading this. And while the basic story of this raid, and the bombing campaign on Schweinfurt overall, was interesting, the execution was not as well done. The prelude to t......more

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