Last Flight to Stuttgart
Mars 1944 : sept jeunes aviateurs canadiens s’envolent pour une mission périlleuse au-dessus de Stuttgart. Soixante-dix ans plus tard, une femme part sur leurs traces pour leur rendre hommage.
A woman's journey to uncover the fate of seven RCAF crewmen who perished in the Second World War.For most of her life, Lisa Russ knew little about her second cousin, Robert "Bud" George Alfred Burt. All she had were two grainy photos, a poem Bud had written shortly before his death, and the knowledge that he was a tail gunner in a Lancaster bomber during the Second World War. It was only when Russ-a self-described "discouraged modern-day war bride"-found herself displaced, unemployed, and homesick in Australia that she began to search for a deeper connection to her family back in Canada and stumbled upon the remarkable story of Bud and his fellow crewmen, who were shot down over Stuttgart, Germany, in March of 1944.Just nineteen at the time of his death, Bud was one of the bomber boys of Lancaster II, a member of 408 "Goose" Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Although he was but one of tens of thousands of long-forgotten Allied soldiers who perished in the War, for Russ he became an emblem of courage and sacrifice. Last Flight to Stuttgart is a riveting story, told in parallel timelines, of one woman's quest for remembrance of a brave crew and their ill-fated mission. For every leader who has his story told, there are many thousands of servicemen whose stories never come to light. This book honours the marginalised by telling their story.
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Ce livre offre un hommage poignant aux soldats oubliés de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, à travers le récit vrai et émouvant de Bud Burt et de son équipage. Il allie rigueur historique et sensibilité narrative, idéale pour ceux qui s’intéressent à l’histoire militaire et aux destins humains.
Le livre explore la mémoire, le sacrifice, la quête identitaire et l’impact de la guerre sur les familles. Il interroge aussi la transmission de l’histoire et l’importance de se souvenir des héros anonymes.
Aux amateurs d’histoire contemporaine, de récits biographiques et de récits de guerre. Il touchera aussi les lecteurs sensibles aux histoires de résilience et de quête de sens.
Vous pourrez interroger le livre sur les détails de la mission de 1944, le parcours de Bud Burt, les recherches de l’auteure, ou encore le contexte historique des bombardiers Lancaster et du 408e escadron de la RCAF.
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