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Tales of a War Pilot

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#327419-XD20
Titel	Tales of a War Pilot
Auteur	Kirkland, Richard C.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Washington, DC : Smithsonian Institue
Jaar van uitgave	1999
ISBN10	1560988886
ISBN13	9781560988885
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered grey cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with some b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This is a collection of stories focusing on the experiences of the author and his fellow airmen who served in the United States airforces from World War II through to the Korean War - their triumphs, humour, loves, and sometime violent deaths. The author describes encounters with some of the top flying aces of his day, the experience of victory in battle and the emotional rescues in the world's first military helicopters. Stories like the seemingly invincible Convair B-36 disappearing on Valentines Day, 1950, with an atomic bomb in its bay or the real-life Hawkeye Pierce, of the 8055 MASH, and his habit of playing elaborate jokes on comrades leading to a harrowing nighttime helicopter rescue - and to the pilot's being recommended for both medal of valor & court martial. The book prov... (Lees verder)ides a close-up of how airmen behaved and survived during one of the century's most wartorn decades.
Pagina's	160
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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