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Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 [Kindle Edition]

Author: Robert Matzen | Language: English | ISBN: B00HK6J4ZE | Format: PDF, EPUB

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This fresh look at Hollywood's "Queen of Screwball," Carole Lombard, presents a first-ever examination of the events that led to the shocking flight mishap that took her life on the side of a Nevada mountain in 1942. It also provides a day-by-day account of the struggles of Lombard's husband, Clark Gable, and other family, friends, and fans to cope with the tragedy. In effect, having just completed the first sale of war bonds and stamps in the nation following its entry into World War II, Lombard became the first Hollywood start to sacrifice her life in the War. The War Department offered Gable a funeral service with full military honors, but he refused it, knowing that his wife would not approve of such spectacle. Based on extensive research rather than gossip, this investigation further explores the lives of the 21 others on the plane, including 15 members of the U.S. Army Air Corps, and addresses one of the most enduring mysteries of World War II. On a clear night full of stars, with TWA's most experienced pilot at the controls of a 10-month-old aircraft under the power of two fully functioning engines, why did the flight crash into that Nevada mountainside? This gripping page-turner presents the story of the people on the plane, the friends and families left behind, and the heroic first responders who struggled up a mountain hoping to perform a miracle rescue. It is a story of accomplishment, bravery, sacrifice, and loss. Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 Free PDF

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• Print Length: 400 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Communications (December 2, 2013)
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• Language: English
• ASIN: B00HK6J4ZE
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I initially read the digital version of this book compliments of NetGalley. The opinions expressed here are solely my own.

Compelling, exactingly correct, suspenseful, detailed, visual and well-written. All these words came to mind as I read and then reread Fireball. This book is an interesting hybrid that combines the accurate and truthful personal life story of actress Carole Lombard and the events that lead to her early death in January, 1942 as the result of a plane crash.

I'm a long time fan of Lombard's and was curious when I saw this as an offering from NetGalley. Since I have access to detailed information about this air disaster that isn't in the public domain, I wondered how accurate this book would be and how it would be constructed.

Seventy-one years after her death, Lombard is remembered primarily by fans of '30's and '40's American cinema or her death at a young age. Her films frequently are shown on cable network Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and are available on DVD. Lombard is also remembered as the third wife of film icon Clark Gable. Lombard and Gable were the Jolie and Pitt of their time. Gable may still remembered for his long and productive career, but at the time of Lombard's death they were both top box office draws. While they shared on screen pairing in 1932, a chance meeting at a party four years later lead to a fabled romance that was not without difficulties (such as Gable's second wife) and then finally marriage. In January, 1942 Lombard was one of the first film stars to use her celebrity to sell war bonds at what would come to be known as a Victory Drive. Lombard concluded the drive in her home state of Indiana.

This book is part biography and part the story of a tragic accident, in which actress Carole Lombard and twenty one other people lost their lives. Much of the wreckage of TWA Flight 3, the commercial airliner which crashed on the evening of January 16th, 1942, is still strewn across the side of Mount Potosi in Nevada. The author actually climbed to the crash site and it took him four and a half hours to ascend the steep mountain slope. It can only be imagined how hard it was to mount a rescue mission on that dark night, so long ago.

However, despite so much time passing, the author does a wonderful job in recreating those events – tracking down living eyewitnesses and accounts from people that were there. He tells of how the plane was refuelled at McCarren airfield in Los Vegas, where it took off without problems; heading for the Birbank Air Terminal, where Clark Gable, Lombard’s husband, and the wife of the Hollywood publicist accompanying her, were waiting for the plane. Lombard should not have even been on board, having promised not to fly. As well as being accompanied by publicist Otto Winkler, she was also with her mother – who had made her promise to travel by train, due to her fear of flying. Desperate to get home quickly, Lombard insisted on taking a flight. Her mother, Elizabeth Peters was a student of numerology and begged her not to take the plane. Three was apparently an unlucky number and they were taking Flight , arriving at Indianapolis at 3am, there were three of them flying and her daughter was 33 years and months old... The omens were not good.

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