In Hostile Skies

Author : James M. Davis
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574412094
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Hostile Skies written by James M. Davis and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James "Jim" Davis piloted a B-24, as part of the 8th Air Force, on nearly thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. He flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and numerous bombing missions over occupied Europe in the summer and fall of 1944, attacking enemy airfields, airplane factories, railroad marshalling yards, ship yards, oil refineries, and chemical plants. While he and his crew survived without serious injuries, they witnessed the destruction of many of their friends' planes and experienced serious damage to their own plane on several occasions.

Author : James J. Hudson
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815604655
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hostile Skies written by James J. Hudson and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A combat history of the American Air Service in World War I.

Author : David Morgan
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780225008
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hostile Skies written by David Morgan and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace. David Morgan, RAF officer and poet, relives his experiences during the Falklands War in this vivid memoir. On secondment to the Royal Navy when the Argentine invasion of the Falklands began and personally credited with shooting down two Argentine Skyhawks as well as enemy helicopters, Morgan was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Here he recounts his involvement in the first British air-strike against Argentine positions around Port Stanley and describes being first on the scene when enemy jets bombed the landing ships SIR TRISTRAM and SIR GALAHAD. Including the author's heartfelt letters sent back to England to close family and friends, HOSTILE SKIES dramatically recalls what it was really like to fight, live and love during the Falklands War.

Author : Wayne P. Rothgeb
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Guinea Skies written by Wayne P. Rothgeb and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1992 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squadron to shoot down a hundred Japanese planes, and Lieutenant Rothgeb's account is filled with harrowing clashes, including a fiery crash and a raid on Rabaul. New Guinea itself posed a challenge to pilots as well, with its menacing jungles, fetid swamps, and sudden storms closing in around the impassable mountains. Author Rothgeb also reveals the human side of squadron life: special encounters, VIP visitors, adventures on leave, romances formed and broken, battles.

Author : David H. S. Morgan
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9780753821992
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hostile Skies written by David H. S. Morgan and published by Orion. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace.

Author : John C Rigdon
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into Hostile Skies written by John C Rigdon and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-08-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into Hostile Skies: Missing Air Crews of the 459th Bomb Group is a compilation of stories and experiences of the men who were lost over the skies of Germany, Austria, Italy, Romania and the other Balkan states, while on bombing missions against the Axis powers during World War II. Through flak filled skies, the men and bombers of the 459th Bomb Group were never deterred by enemy action from dropping their bombs onto targets of Hitler's war machine, in hopes of bringing the war to a successful end. Despite completing many missions over enemy territory, there were tragic consequences for many aircrews involved. In this book you'll read about the courageous acts of the men who endured freezing temperatures at high altitudes, flak barrages and enemy fighter attacks, not knowing whether or not they would survive to return to base. These airmen saw many of their buddies shot down or plummet to the ground with damaged parachutes. If their own plane was hit, what went through their minds as they frantically tried to escape the centrifugal forces keeping them pinned within the fuselage of their stricken aircraft? These are the stories, told in their own words, of the crews who were shot down and perished, or were taken prisoner to spend the remainder of the war in German POW camps, or those who evaded capture with the help of the brave partisans, who risked their lives to save U.S. airmen. This is very poignant reading about the airmen who fought, survived and paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of the world.

Author : Paul Novak
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781492185130
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Into Hostile Skies written by Paul Novak and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four stories about the venerable BUFF and the courageous crews who flew her into hostile skies.

Author : Charles F. O'Connell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Fighter written by Charles F. O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1310 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Force Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Merline Lovelace
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1426866550
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Full Throttle & Wrong Bride, Right Groom written by Merline Lovelace and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full Throttle When hurricane hunter Kate Hargrove met hotshot test pilot Dave Scott, everything started heating up. But it was a warming trend cautious Kate was determined to ignore at all costs, because Dave's love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation was a label she found all too familiar. Dave had had an eye for the ladies to be sure, but that was in the past. And once he saw the sexy, gorgeous researcher assigned to be his partner, he knew that he was meant to be a one-woman man. Now, if he could only convince the skittish Kate that appearances could be deceiving…. Wrong Bride, Right Groom When her flighty sister decided she couldn't go through with her wedding, Abby Davis reluctantly agreed to give the groom-to-be the bad news. And when the prospective groom was assigned to active duty, his supervisor in the air force, Pete O'Brian, offered to make his excuses to his comrade's jilted bride. So, of course, Pete greeted Abby with a kiss! Abby was horrified at first…talk about surprise! She had expected to find her sister's spurned fiancé. Instead, Pete was looking more and more like the right groom—for her!