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Series
Roaring glory volume 6
Publisher
Program Power Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Pt. 1. "Pilots proclaimed it the hottest fighter of World War II. The famous Lightning claimed its name by birthright: it was the first fighter to top 400 miles per hour! Warbird pilot Jeff Ethell takes you along on a mission in this incredible turbocharged, twin-engined interceptor"--Container. Pt. 2. "Wounded in a crash landing, pilot Richard Brown wanted so badly to continue to fly, he kept his leg injury a secret. Young pilot Art Thorsen had a...
Author
Publisher
Zenith Press
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Hell Hawks sets a new standard for histories of the tactical anti-war in Europe. Veteran authors Bob Dorr and Tom Jones combine masterfully crafted veteran interviews with the broader picture of the air war fought by the Thunderbolt men. You gain a new appreciation of just how tough their deadly task was, and the courage needed to fly close air support against the Nazi fighters and flak. This outstanding book raises the bar on aviation history as...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2001
Description
The author, the shortest American pilot to fly in the Vietnam War, "became a living legend, piloting Huey 'slicks' and gunships into red-hot LZs, inserting Blue Teams into infantry battle, rescuing fellow soldiers from areas bursting with machine-gun fire, and buzzing treetops in a deadly 'shark and bait' game."--Jacket.
Series
Weapons of war volume 20
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Find out how the US entered the conflict in Southeast Asia and how US tacticians planned to bring the war to a swift end through sustained bombing campaigns. Follow the large scale use of helicopters for the first time in combat, functioning as troop transports, flying gunships and rescue aircraft. Understand the role of the "Huey"; the workhorse of the war in Vietnam. Discover the wide variety of aircraft employed in Vietnam, ranging fom MiG-killing...
48) Echoes of eagles: a son's search for his father and the legacy of America's first fighter pilots
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A son's search for his father and the legacy of America's first fighter pilots.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
151 combat missions
21 hard kills on surface-to-air missile sites
4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor
1 Purple Heart
First into a war zone, flying behind enemy lines to purposely draw fire, the wild weasels are elite fighter squadrons with the most dangerous job in the Air Force
One of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. For twenty years, Lieutenant...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. From bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history. Vietnam, 1965: USAF Phantom jets were being blown from the sky by a mysterious weapon--a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), launched by Russian "advisors" to North Vietnam....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary sagas of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini."--Book...
57) The cold blue
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A stirring tribute to the men of the Eighth Air Force, who flew deadly missions during World War II. Half of the U.S. Army Air Force's casualties during the war were suffered by the Eighth. Director Erik Nelson tracked down nine of the surviving Eighth Air Force veterans to recall the harrowing experiences they endured in the summer of 1943.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The true story of Lt. Robert Grimes running for his life as he evades being captured by Nazi soldiers. Robert Grimes escapes danger with help from the Comet Line, a resistance group that rescued Allied soldiers during WWII"--
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