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03089aam a2200337 i 4500 001 47C6B0A81D1E11E892F7BA4297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180301010029 008 180208s2017 ctu b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2016049499 020 $a 1493026623 020 $a 9781493026623 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Smith, Robert B. $q (Robert Barr), $d 1933- 245 14 $a The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told $b The Men of the American, British, and Commonwealth Air Forces Who Fought for the Sky in Two World Wars $c Col. Robert Barr Smith (Ret.) and Lawrence J. Yadon. 246 30 $a Men of the American, British, and Commonwealth Air Forces who fought for the sky in two World Wars 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Lyons Press, $c c2017 300 $a vii, 307 pages $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index. 505 0 $a World War I -- The coming of Armageddon -- Only a broth of a lad. Albert Ball (RFC) -- Deadly and ruthless. Mick Mannock (RFC) -- The pride of Canada. Billy Barker (RFC Canadian) -- When the Royal Navy ruled the air. Raymond Collishaw (RN) -- Escadrille americaine -- Hometown hero. Eddie Rickenbacker (US) -- No engine, no wings, no bloody hope -- Burning balloons ahead. Frank Luke (US) -- A Canadian original. Billy Bishop (RFC Canadian) -- The Red Baron: Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen (Germany) -- A brilliant pilot. James McCudden (RFC) -- Fierce little beast - the Sopwith Camel -- Small package, deadly contents. Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor (RFC) -- Too young to vote. George Edwin Thomson (RFC) -- One tough Irishman. George McElroy (RFC) -- World War II -- A man of dash and gallantry. Robert Stanford Tuck (RAF) -- The man with the tin legs. Douglas Bader (RAF) -- An enigma. Pappy Boyington (US) -- All-American boy. Joe Foss (US) -- Untiring patience and energy. Johnnie Johnson (RAF) -- One-armed Mac. James MacLachlan (RAF) -- The finest natural pilot I ever met. Richard Bong (US) -- The greatest flying ace. Pat Pattle (RAF) -- The cream of the crop. David McCampbell (US) -- Young Finucane of the shamrock. Paddy Finucane (RAF) -- Adlertag -- Just one more. Gabby Gabreski (US) -- Ace of aces. Adolf Galland (Germany) -- Faith, hope, and charity: the battle for Malta -- The boys from Shangri-La: in which Jimmie Doolittle visits Tokyo uninvited -- The great Marianas Turkey Shoot -- The Nelson touch: swordfish at Taranto -- Graceful lady: when Enola Gay brought the fires of hell to Japan -- Afterword. 610 10 $a Great Britain $b Royal Naval Air Service $x Officers $v Biography 610 10 $a Great Britain $b Royal Air Force $x Officers $v Biography 610 10 $a United States $b Army Air Forces $v Biography 650 0 $a Fighter pilots $v Biography 650 0 $a Flight crews $v Biography 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Aerial operations 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations 700 1 $a Yadon, Laurence J., $d 1948- $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20180301011111.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=47C6B0A81D1E11E892F7BA4297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search