Bob Korkuc

In: Biography, History

I am the author of

"Finding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner," published by the University of Oklahoma Press in late March of 2008. PBS Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns called my book "a riveting story." My non-fiction book reads like a detective novel detailing the true fate of a missing air crew over Germany in World War II. Many readers have been moved to tears by the story.
Praise for "Finding a Fallen Hero":
"Robert Korkuc has written a book that succeeds magnificently on two levels: as a relentless search for a loved one in World War II and as an intimate portrait of a bomber crew. The book grabs the reader from page one and never lets go."--Donald L. Miller, author of Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany

"A riveting story of what must have been one of the most dangerous and vulnerable jobs in all of war." --Ken Burns, PBS Documentary Filmmaker of "The War"

"A moving, well-researched personal journey into the world that the author's uncle, a B-17 ball turret gunner, experienced in World War II. Anyone who wishes to understand the deep psychic effect that a soldier's death can have on so many people, during and after the war, should read this excellent book." --John C. McManus, author of Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II

"Korkuc illuminates the wide, interlocking circles of grief that every act of combat creates and the enduring wounds carried by those who fight our wars and those who love the fighters." --Gregory J. W. Urwin, author of Facing Fearful Odds: the Siege of Wake Island

"Mr. Korkuc takes us on a seven-year quest to learn the fate of his uncle, one of the thousands of American airmen lost in the air war over Europe in World War II. Moving from one clue to another, Korkuc ultimately gains final resolution on how his uncle perished and achieves closure on a family tragedy." --W. Raymond Wood, author of Or Go Down in Flame: The Death of a Navigator over Schweinfurt