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Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
xvii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The author of the bestsellers "President Nixon" and "President Kennedy" details the harrowing journey of two men who risked their lives to defy the Soviet blockade intended to drive Western powers out of Berlin.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she's dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband, a sensitive artist who fears for her safety, can dissuade her from doing her part as a proud daughter...
66) Marine Air
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
vi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
American century series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
68) Fly girls
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of World War II, the call went out: women with flight experience were needed to fly for the military. All over the country, young women postponed their weddings, put their educations on hold, and quit their jobs to respond, becoming Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs. Led by Jacqueline Cochran, America's foremost female aviator, more than 1,000 women were trained to ferry aircraft, test planes, instruct male pilots, and even tow targets...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A WASP embarks on an unsanctioned secret mission. Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this new series celebrates the unsung heroes-- the heroines of WWII. Peggy Witherspoon, a mother of two daughters, has been widowed due to the war in Europe. She comes from a long line of US war heroes and, considering it her duty, joins the female pilots flying for the WASP (Women's Airforce Service Pilots) in 1944. Most of Peggy's jobs are safe, predictable...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
vi, 349 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Michael Lee Lanning tells the story of the courageous airmen who evaded capture and escaped to safety after being shot from the skies during World War II. Lanning covers the hows and whys of escape-and-evasion and aerial combat in the European theater, but also vividly captures the stories of the airmen who did the escaping and evading.
"During World War II, some 10,000 American bombers and fighters were shot down over Europe. Of the crews aboard,...
78) Zerstörer
Author
Pub. Date
2005-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the story of the first women naval aviators and their struggles and triumphs as they earned their Wings of Gold, learned to fly increasingly sophisticated jet fighters and helicopters, mastered aircraft carrier landings, served at sea, and reached heights of command that would have been unthinkable less than a generation before. It is also the story of the legacy they left behind"--
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