Fighter Pilot (eBook)

The First American Ace of World War II

William R. Dunn (Autor)

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2014
272 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-4609-6 (ISBN)

Infos

At the age of twelve, American William R. Dunn decided to become a fighter pilot. In 1939 he joined the Canadian Army and was soon transferred to the Royal Air Force. He was the first pilot in the famous Eagle Squadron of American volunteers to shoot down an enemy aircraft and later became the first American ace of the war. After joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943, he saw action in the Normandy invasion and in Patton's sweep across France. Twenty years later he fought again in Vietnam. Dunn keenly conveys the fighter pilot's experience of war -- the tension of combat, the harsh grip of fear, the love of aircraft, the elation of victory, the boisterous comradeship and competition of the pilot brotherhood. Fighter Pilot is both a gripping story and a unique historical document.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.4.2014
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Ace fighter pilots • aerial battle • aerial combat • Aircraft • air force memoir • air gunners • air offensive • Allied Forces • Autobiography • Battle tactics • Canadian military • cold war fighter pilot • combat memoir • dogfights • Eagle Squadron • experience of war • Fighter pilot biography • fighter pilot memoir • France • german aircraft • Lille • marksmanship • Memoir • military aviation • Military Biography • military history • military memoir • normandy invasion • Pilot • RAF • RAF memoir • Royal Air Force • Second World War • stories about war • USAF • US Air Force • US air force history • US Army Air Corps • World War 2 • World War II • wwii air force • WWII France • wwii history • WWII memoir
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-4609-7 / 0813146097
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-4609-6 / 9780813146096