New Memoir Details Pilot’s Experiences in Same Bomb Group As ‘Catch-22’ Author
Auburn, Wash. (PRWEB) June 07, 2014 -- Author Dale J. Satterthwaite invites readers to come into the cockpit on B-25 missions to Italy and France during 1944 in his new memoir, “Truth Flies with Fiction” (published by Archway Publishing), where the air war comes alive.
Satterthwaite states, “The most amazing year of my life was spent as a B-25 bomber pilot based in Italy and Corsica during 1944. My fellow airmen fought pitched battles against very dangerous and committed forces.”
Satterthwaite’s memoir is partially comprised of letters he sent to his fiancée, which he believes will enrich the reader’s sense of being present during such momentous times. In his B-25 pilot memoir, Satterthwaite also discusses how he served alongside Joseph Heller, the eventual author of “Catch-22.” Heller's novel is famous for its fanciful and satirical portrayal of the events that both officers were part of.
Satterthwaite was an amateur photographer and took many pictures of squadron activities, which he includes in his memoir. He also photographed B-25 nose art, which graced their airplanes, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, which destroyed their airbase at Pompeii, the massive damage from a Luftwaffe attack on their Corsica base, and off-duty flights to Rome, Florence, Cairo, Alexandria, and Tel Aviv.
Many of the humorous moments found in “Catch-22”are mirrored in this engaging B-25 pilot memoir.
“Truth Flies with Fiction”
By Dale J. Satterthwaite
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 344 pages | ISBN 9781480804869
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 344 pages | ISBN 9781480804845
E-Book | 344 pages | ISBN 9781480804852
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Dale J. Satterthwaite was a pilot with the 340th Bomb Group made famous by the novel “Catch 22.” He led as many as 72 B-25s on missions against Axis targets. While garnering two Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Presidential Unit Citations, he also explored Italy and the Middle East on off-duty flights.
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