Harry H. Crosby, a navigator flying B-17 bombers with the
“Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force during World
War II, was one of the few survivors from the legendary unit, which
flew missions almost daily against strategic targets all over
Europe. For his service, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross, Bronze Star, and Croix de Guerre, among many other
honors.
Crosby was born in North Dakota in 1919 and raised in Iowa. He
received his Masters from the University of Iowa and his PhD from
Stanford University. He was a professor of rhetoric at Boston
University until his retirement in 1984. In addition to A Wing and
a Prayer, Crosby authored and coauthored multiple textbooks on
college writing. Drawing upon his combined military and university
experience, he developed curriculum at the US Air Force Academy.
Crosby died in Massachusetts in 2010.
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