Above the Reich : deadly dogfights, blistering bombing raids, and other war stories from the greatest American air heroes of World War II, in their own words / Colin Heaton and Anne-Marie Lewis.
Material type: TextPublisher: [New York] : Dutton Caliber, [2021]Description: 406 pages, 16 unnumber pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593183885
- 0593183886
- Deadly dogfights, blistering bombing raids, and other war stories from the greatest American air heroes of World War II, in their own words
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
- Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Interviews
- Johnson, Robert S., 1920-1998 -- Interviews
- Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 -- Interviews
- Olds, Robin, 1922-2007 -- Interviews
- Haydon, Edward Ross, 1920-2012 -- Interviews
- LeMay, Curtis E. -- Interviews
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 940.5449 H442 | Available | 33111010531347 | ||||
Adult Book | Northport Library | NonFiction | 940.5449 H442 | Available | 33111009847803 |
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Sensational eyewitness accounts from the most heroic and legendary American aviators of World War II, never before published as a book
They are voices lost to time. Beginning in the late 1970s, five veteran airmen sat for private interviews. Decades after the guns fell silent, they recounted in vivid detail the most dangerous missions that made the difference in the war. Ed Haydon dueled with the deadliest of German aces-and forced him to the ground. Robert Johnson racked up twenty-seven kills in his P-47 Thunderbolt, but nearly lost his life when his plane was shot to ribbons and his guns jammed. Cigar-chomping Curtis LeMay was the Air Corps general who devised the bomber tactics that pummeled Germany's war machine. Robin Olds was a West Point football hero who became one of the most dogged, aggressive fighter pilots in the European theater, relentlessly pursuing Germans in his P-38 Lightning. And Jimmy Doolittle became the most celebrated American airman of the war-maybe even of all time-after he led the audacious raid to bomb Tokyo. Today these heroes are long gone, but now, in this incredible volume, they tell their stories in their own words.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- A man too hard to kill : Robert Samuel Johnson -- Striking the first blow for freedom : James H. Doolittle -- The ultimate warrior : Robin Olds -- Cowboy on a thoroughbred : Edward Ross "Buddy" Haydon -- The real Doctor Strangelove : Curtis Emerson LeMay.
"Sensational eyewitness accounts from the most heroic and legendary American aviators of World War II, never before published as a book"-- Provided by publisher.