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Author: Bill Gunston
Publisher: Crown Pub
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780517571941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides explanation and hourly coverage on how warplanes would perform such missions as interdiction, close air support, interception, air superiority, and defence suppression
Author: Don Brown
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-07-31
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1621575551
DOWNLOAD EBOOK*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender. Bestselling author Don Brown (Treason) sits down with Yelllin, now ninety-three years old, to tell the incredible true story of the final combat mission of World War II. Nine days after Hiroshima, on the morning of August 14th, Yellin and his wingman 1st Lieutenant Phillip Schlamberg took off from Iwo Jima to bomb Tokyo. By the time Yellin returned to Iwo Jima, the war was officially over—but his young friend Schlamberg would never get to hear the news. The Last Fighter Pilot is a harrowing first-person account of war from one of America's last living World War II veterans.
Author: Edward H. Sims
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSequel and companion to "American aces", published in 1958.
Author: Charles J "Chuck" Richardson
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
Published: 2020-03-07
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1647010225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty-plus years in the writing, and for an additional ten years, this gut-wrenching, heartwarming story has been silently biding its time, awaiting a channel for expression. A compelling story of young boys bound by faith, courage, blood, sweat, and tears, and how that bonding created the brave young men they became. Hopefully, all who read this account will feel the deep emotions of terror, disappointment, frustration, laughter, love, peace, and joy experienced by the author during his service as a radioman/gunner on a B17G during World War II. Some of the stories contained in this manuscript have never been published or made public. Stationed in the European Theater of Operations in Framlingham, England, Mr. Richardson, USAAF, 8th AF, 390th Bomb Group (H), 571st Squadron, was the recipient of numerous major awards and citations, including Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal with 4 Oak-Leaf Clusters; 2 Presidential Unit Citations; Russian Medal of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (on behalf of Boris Yeltsin); Certificate in Recognition of Contribution/Service in liberating France and participation in the Invasion of Normandy, signed by French Secretary of Defense John-Pierre Messeret; French Jubilee of Liberty Medal; and French Legion of Honor Medal.
Author: Tony Holmes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-01-20
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1472800869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume details the experiences of 107 elite American aces in combat against the Japanese. The highest scoring US pilots of World War 2 fought against the Japanese Army Air Force and Imperial Japanese Navy over the jungles of New Guinea and the Philippines. Flying P-38s and P-47s, men such as Dick Bong and Thomas McGuire won the Medal of Honor for their successes in combat in 1943-45. 'Twelve to One' is a rare document that details the 'tricks of the trade' employed by these men. This volume also includes biographies of the men whose tips for aerial combat make up the text, and the V Fighter Command Manual.
Author: United States. Department of the Air Force
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 746
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Publisher: Merriam Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1576380173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ivo De Jong
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2012-07-01
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 1461751330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMinute-by-minute chronicle of a single Eighth Air Force bombing mission in World War II Dramatic story of how B-17s and B-24s bombed targets inside Germany Captures the courage and confusion of aerial combat Details the first combat use of remote-controlled glide bombs by the U.S. Army Air Force Insert contains color aircraft drawings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 1766
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