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A History of the American Air Ace

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A History of the American Air Ace

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Publisher
Putnam
Language
English
Pages
302

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Five Down and Glory
August 12, 1987, Ballantine Books
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Five Down and Glory
December 12, 1982, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Five down and glory: a history of the American air ace.
1972, Arno Press, Ayer Co Pub
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9
Foreword by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker 13
A Definition: The Ace 15
1 In the Beginning 21
2 Lafayette Escadrille 29
3 America in World War I 45
4 The Flying Tigers 65
5 The Eagle Squadron 78
6 Navy-World War II 90
7 Marines-World War II 112
8 Far East Theatre in World War II 130
9 China-Burma-India 155
10 North Africa and Mediterranean— World War II 174
11 Britain and Europe— 8th Air Force 192
12 Korean Conflict 238
13 In Conclusion 254
Appendices;
Congressional Medal of Honor Aces 261
Post-World War I Aces 272
World War I Official Summary of Air Operations 280
World Wars I, II and Korean Conflict Top Aces 282
World War II Selected Army Air Force Statistics 297
World War U Selected Naval Aviation Statistics 298
Korean Conflict Statistics 299
Bibliography 301
16 pages of illustrations will be found following page 160.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
358.4, 358*
Library of Congress
UG633 .G79

The Physical Object

Pagination
302 p.
Number of pages
302

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6227456M
Internet Archive
FiveDownAndGlory
LCCN
57014525
OCLC/WorldCat
7644130
Library Thing
527324

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