Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer

Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer, is a book about B-17 crews and missions in World War II, written by Brian D. O'Neill.

Since then he became an attorney and the General Counsel of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the aviation company that had manufactured the P-40 Warhawk fighter and the Cyclone B-17 engines during World War II.

[1] The narrative relies heavily on crew diaries and Eighth Air Force registry.

The story centers around the crew of pilot Lt. Robert J. Hullar,[3][4] from the 303d Bombardment Group.

Each crew was put together and trained since before going to the European Theater of Operations, and sometimes concluding the 25-mission tour at the same time.