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Author:

Bruning, John R., author.

Title:

The race of aces : WWII's elite airmen and the epic battle to become the masters of the sky / John R. Bruning.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Hachette Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxii, 522 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States.--Army Air Forces--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-506) and index.

Contents:

The country mouse -- The Buck Rogers diving death ride -- When trouble is your saving grace -- General summons -- The girl with the red umbrella -- The price of a moonlight moment -- Under an Arctic rainbow -- The hero's road -- The man without a place -- New Guinea -- When everyone turned a screw -- Mission over Maggot Beach -- The veterans of Nomonhan -- The man with the broken back -- The hero makers -- Contenders -- The last bottle of Yellowstone -- Where everything's trying to kill you -- Rhumba Cardi -- Duckbutt's groove -- The innocent killers -- Return of the outcast -- The jug driver -- Rebels in jugs -- The new guy -- The original freelancer -- The warrior's path -- Four days in October -- The battering of the pudgys -- The race over Rabaul -- The relentless rogue -- The ignored one -- Off the rails -- Whitehead's flying circus -- Walking with the beast -- The casualties -- Longer than long legs -- The two Macs -- The battlefield tourist -- The killing tourist -- Return to the St Francis -- Reunion -- "Whatever I am, I belong to you." -- Lost perspective -- Getting three for Mac -- We shall always return to each other -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0316508624
9780316508629

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1101236184

LCCN:

2019020760

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