Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Foreword by Trevor J. Allen 1

PART I : ENGLAND
1 D-Day and the White Tailed Marauders 7
2 Fugitive from a Training Center Arrives in England May 1944 14
3 D-Day Plus 24, Earls Colne, England June 1944 32
4 Bridge Busting and Night Bombing, Beaulieu, England July–August 1944 45
5 On Leave in London Summer 1944 61

PART II : FRANCE
6 The Germans Retreat and Regroup: Flying Missions from Lessay and Chartres, France August–September 1944 73
7 The German Offensive: Flying Missions from Laon-Athies Airdrome, France October 1944–January 1, 1945 99
8 On Leave in Paris Late Fall 1944 125
9 Veterans and New Recruits: Flying Missions from Laon-Athies and Denain-Prouvy Airdromes, France January–February 1945 133
10 No Easy Road to Victory, Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, Valenciennes, France March–April 1945 145
11 The Last of the Jet Boys and Our Marauders, Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, Valenciennes, France April–May 1945 162

PART III : GERMANY
12 Disarmament Duty, Kempten, Germany May–June 1945 175
Afterword: Remembrance and Reflection, October 2002 195
(by Carleton Rockefeller Rehr)
Appendix One: Tributes to the Marauder 199
(by Carleton Rockefeller Rehr)
Appendix Two: Biographies 202
(by Carleton Rockefeller Rehr)
Appendix Three: Citations Received 210
Military History of Louis S. Rehr 213
Index 215