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Lost in Shangri-la
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Mitchell Zuckoff |
Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen whit… |
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Allied strafing in World War II
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Bill Colgan |
"This history of Allied aerial combat strafing in World War II draws from research, interviews, and the author's own experience as an attack pilot. The text is supported by numerous gun camera stills… |
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Bailout Over Normandy A Flyboys Adventures With The French Resistance And Other Escapades In Occupi…
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Ted Fahrenwald |
A daredevil pilot in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, the author of this remarkable memoir bailed out of his burning Mustang two days after D-Day and was launched on a thrilling adventure on the gro… |
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Hell's Angels
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Jay A. Stout |
During the air battles that destroyed Nazi Germany's ability to wage war, one bomb group was especially distinguished. The Hell's Angels. At the outbreak of World War II, the United States was in no… |
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The lost airman
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Seth Meyerowitz |
Documents the story of a World War II American Air Force turret-gunner who was one of two escapees when his team's plane was shot down near Cognac in 1943, tracing his harrowing six-month flight to s… |
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When tigers ruled the sky
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Bill Yenne |
Presents an account of the Flying Tigers, the legendary World War II combat group which led America's first venture into covert operations against a foreign power. |
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Bailout Over Normandy
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Ted Fahrenwald |
286 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm |
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Kimberly's Flight
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Anna Simon |
US Army Captain Kimberly N. Hampton was living her dream: flying armed helicopters in combat and commanding D Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, the armed reconnaissance aviation squadron of the 82nd… |
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Wild blue
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Stephen E. Ambrose |
This title describes how the United States Air Force recruited, trained and then chose the few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in WWII. These were the boys turned pilots, bo… |
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Hell hawks!
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Thomas D. Jones,Robert F. Dorr |
Hell Hawks! is the story of a band of young American pilots and their gritty, close-quarters fight against Hitler's vaunted military. They were the 365th Fighter Group, three squadrons of fighter-bom… |
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The first heroes
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Nelson, Craig |
"Immediately after Japan's December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bomb… |
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The Wild Blue
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Stephen E. Ambrose |
The very young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds were yet another exceptional band of brothers, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary bra… |
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The last mission
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Jim B. Smith,Jim Smith,Malcolm McConnell |
"How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late-World War II history… |
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