{"product_id":"lodestone-lola-jay-spenser-9781966266051","title":"Lodestone Lola: The Story of an Airplane and her Pilot","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA broken man becomes an unlikely hero in the skies over WWII Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the gripping tale of a replacement pilot and his veteran airplane, a hand-me-down Martin B-26 Marauder that nobody else in the 328th Bomb Group wants to fly. Arriving fresh from stateside training, Lieutenant Jack Braden comes from a hard-luck Great Depression background marked by tragedy. As for \u003ci\u003eLodestone Lola, \u003c\/i\u003e his high-mission B-26, she's a flak magnet who can't poke her nose into the blue without coming home with more holes.\u003cbr\u003eFrom life at an English airfield in pastoral Essex to harrowing missions over Hitler's Fortress Europe, this meticulously researched work of fiction is solidly grounded in historical fact. American bomber bases, the technologies of the time, and historical events such as D-Day air support become real in the minds of readers, who feel they were actually there. Remarkably, most of the events dramatized in these pages occurred in real-life Marauder operations.\u003cbr\u003eFollowing in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eTwelve O'Clock High\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe War Lover, \u003c\/i\u003e this is the WWII flying story we've long been waiting for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Spenser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966266057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966266051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Spenser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Jay Spenser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47453037396223,"sku":"9781966266051","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af48aea5-3b56-4070-abf5-41c0ff9fb612.jpg?v=1761931557","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lodestone-lola-jay-spenser-9781966266051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}