Author: Robert Brulle
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Robert V. Brulle, who flew seventy ground support missions with the 366th Fighter Group, links his daily experiences in the cockpit not only with the battles in which he participated but also with events in the wider European theater. Combining anecdotes from his personal diary, research in US and German records, and interviews with participants from both sides, Brulle details a combat career that began just after D-Day, when he flew column cover for Allied troops as they chased the German military out of France. He then describes the brutal, six-week Hürtgen Forest campaign, during which his fighter group lost 15 pilots and 18 aircraft. He also tells how the otherwise bitterly fought Battle of the Bulge provided the 366th with an opportunity to successfully engage 60 Luftwaffe airplanes in a dogfight directly over their airfield. Angels Zero combines both personal and historical detail to vividly re-create a lesser-known aspect of the air war in Europe.
Angels Zero
Author: Robert Brulle
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Robert V. Brulle, who flew seventy ground support missions with the 366th Fighter Group, links his daily experiences in the cockpit not only with the battles in which he participated but also with events in the wider European theater. Combining anecdotes from his personal diary, research in US and German records, and interviews with participants from both sides, Brulle details a combat career that began just after D-Day, when he flew column cover for Allied troops as they chased the German military out of France. He then describes the brutal, six-week Hürtgen Forest campaign, during which his fighter group lost 15 pilots and 18 aircraft. He also tells how the otherwise bitterly fought Battle of the Bulge provided the 366th with an opportunity to successfully engage 60 Luftwaffe airplanes in a dogfight directly over their airfield. Angels Zero combines both personal and historical detail to vividly re-create a lesser-known aspect of the air war in Europe.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Robert V. Brulle, who flew seventy ground support missions with the 366th Fighter Group, links his daily experiences in the cockpit not only with the battles in which he participated but also with events in the wider European theater. Combining anecdotes from his personal diary, research in US and German records, and interviews with participants from both sides, Brulle details a combat career that began just after D-Day, when he flew column cover for Allied troops as they chased the German military out of France. He then describes the brutal, six-week Hürtgen Forest campaign, during which his fighter group lost 15 pilots and 18 aircraft. He also tells how the otherwise bitterly fought Battle of the Bulge provided the 366th with an opportunity to successfully engage 60 Luftwaffe airplanes in a dogfight directly over their airfield. Angels Zero combines both personal and historical detail to vividly re-create a lesser-known aspect of the air war in Europe.
Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support
Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III)
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
En gennemgang af udviklingen inden for taktisk flystøtte
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
En gennemgang af udviklingen inden for taktisk flystøtte
Case studies in the development of close air support
Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428992987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428992987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Parameters
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 538
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FMFM.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Defense
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Flying Black Ponies
Author: Kit Lavell
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612515657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The tragic, the comic, the terrifying, the poignant are all part of the story of the Black Pony pilots who distinguished themselves in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. Flying their turboprop Broncos "down and dirty, low and slow," they killed more of the enemy and saved more allied lives with close-air support than all the other naval squadrons combined during the three years they saw action. Author Kit Lavell was part of this squadron of "black sheep" given a chance to make something of themselves flying these dangerous missions. The U.S. Navy's only land-based attack squadron, Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) flew support missions for the counter insurgency forces, SEALs, and allied units in borrowed, propeller-driven OV-10s. For fixed-wing aircraft they were dangerous, unorthodox missions, a fact readers quickly come to appreciate.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612515657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The tragic, the comic, the terrifying, the poignant are all part of the story of the Black Pony pilots who distinguished themselves in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War. Flying their turboprop Broncos "down and dirty, low and slow," they killed more of the enemy and saved more allied lives with close-air support than all the other naval squadrons combined during the three years they saw action. Author Kit Lavell was part of this squadron of "black sheep" given a chance to make something of themselves flying these dangerous missions. The U.S. Navy's only land-based attack squadron, Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) flew support missions for the counter insurgency forces, SEALs, and allied units in borrowed, propeller-driven OV-10s. For fixed-wing aircraft they were dangerous, unorthodox missions, a fact readers quickly come to appreciate.
Command and Staff Action
Author: United States. Marine Corps
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Category : Military planning
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Military planning
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Armed Services
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1906
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1906
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Drug Abuse in the Military
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Drug Abuse in the Military
Publisher:
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Category : Drug addicts
Languages : en
Pages : 1710
Book Description
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Category : Drug addicts
Languages : en
Pages : 1710
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