It's a story of two men's separate journeys confronting trauma and loss. What will happen to his wife and his two young children? John must continue uncovering Gene's story of survival as he himself confronts the greatest trial of his life. Read 'Tailspin' by John Armbruster available from Rakuten Kobo.

But both men persevere, bonded by their close and growing friendship.Īs the interviews go on, John faces an ordeal of his own. It turns out the tail gunner, Gene Moran, lives just a few miles up the road. Add to Cart A rookie social studies teacher overhears a conversation about a World War II tail gunner who survived a four-mile fall from the sky. John Armbruster’s latest work tells the story of Gene Moran, a tail gunner in a B-17 that was shot in half with Moran’s half plummeting 4 miles to the ground. But John has no idea what wounds he's reopening. Tailspin by John Armbruster 1799 Shipping calculated at checkout. When the elderly Gene Moran finally shares his saga, John has no idea of the wounds he's reopening. Gene, nearing his ninetieth birthday, recounts incredible tales. John Armbruster A rookie social studies teacher overhears a conversation about a World War II tail gunner who survived a four-mile fall from the sky. So begins a series of 'Thursdays with Gene' interviews. But when John, a young history teacher, learns of Gene's amazing fall, he's desperate to learn more. John Armbruster Tailspin Paperback 29 April 2022 by John Armbruster (Author) 191 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 28.49 6 New from 28.49 Paperback 27.88 1 Used from 30.41 6 New from 27. His nine children knew little of their dad's war story. When Gene returned home, he kept those memories locked up for nearly seventy years.

Captured by the Germans, he survived a harrowing eighteen months as a prisoner of war, including a six-hundred-mile death march in 1945 across Central Europe. World War II tail gunner Gene Moran fell four miles through the sky without a parachute and lived.

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