Casey & the Flying Fortress
The True Story of a World War II Bomber Pilot and the Crew.
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The fascinating story of a young man from Chicago during World War II who becomes a Bomber Co-Pilot and along with his B-17 Flying Fortress crew stationed in England, eventually become Prisoner of Wa after their aircraft is shot down over the German-Dutch border. The story tells of survival as a POW's, eventual rescue. Flash forward 60 Years and the story tells of the discovery of details his three daugters and fellow crew members never knew.
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This is a story of a young man from Chicago who becomes a copilot of a bomber in Europe during World War II—from training, to the assembly of his B-17 crew, the men’s struggles after becoming prisoners of war, and the discovery some sixty years later of details his surviving family and fellow crew members never knew.
About the Author
Mark Farina is a native Chicagoan, has worked as a sportscaster, sportswriter, and government public relations specialist in a career that has spanned forty years. He is a respected sports public-address announcer, having started as a fifteen-year-old sophomore (Steinmetz High School in 1975) and announcing at high school championships for baseball, football, basketball, wrestling, soccer, ice hockey, and girls rugby. He has been a PA announcer for Chicago State University’s Cougars for basketball, women’s volleyball, and baseball since 2012. Mark attended Illinois State University as a communications major, Columbia College Chicago as a radio-TV major, and DePaul University. He has been happily married to Diane Paulinski Farina since 1993, and they have a teenage son, Louis.