TY - BOOK AU - Olson, Tod TI - Lost in the pacific, 1942: not a drop to drink SN - 9780545928113 U1 - 940.544973 OLS-T PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Publications KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - Pacific Ocean KW - Military operations, Aerial--American KW - Airplane crash survival KW - Survival at sea KW - Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 KW - Aircraft accidents N1 - World War II, October 21, 1942. A b-17 bomber drones high over the pacific ocean, sending a desperate sos into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through its final gallons of fuel. At 1: 30 P. M., There is only one choice left: An emergency landing at sea. If the crew survives the impact, they will be left stranded without food or water hundreds of miles from civilization. Eight men. Three inflatable rafts. Sixty-eight million square miles of ocean. What will it take to make it back alive? ER -