One WWII Airman’s Story of Capture, Survival and Freedom
Written by: Frank A. Kravetz
Published: 2010
On the November 2nd (Eleven Two) Frank Kravitz was shot down. He was captured and was a POW for the remainder of the war. This book is about hope and faith and his will to return to his sweetheart. Frank A. Kravetz remembers: “I received a warning through my radio headset that enemy fighters were spotted at 3:00 high headed straight for our plane. In the next instant, three single-seat German fighters were zooming around, hell bent on their hunt to zero in on our crippled B-17. There was no time to avoid their concentrated attack. Flying at blazing speeds of 200 mph, the enemy FW-190s were quickly in my range of vision and I opened fire, rapidly exchanging shots, blasting my .50 caliber machine gun with great intensity. The firefight lasted only moments. Soon the fighters were spiraling out of sight – gone in a flash. Within seconds and without notice, I saw a second wave of three fighters again attacking our plane from the rear. I saw the face of the pilot seated in the cockpit of the lead fighter plane coming directly at me, 20 mm bullets blazing from his wing guns. A shot came bursting through the plane’s exterior, ripping deep into my leg, the explosion filling the tail compartment with thick black smoke…”
Copyright 2010 – 2015. Frank A. Kravetz, Cheryl Werle, Lynne Hartnett
ISBN: 978-1522776505