Author: John J. Kevil
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468596861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden is an incredible story of survival. Chicagos Top Fighter Pilot in World War II is shot down, deep behind German lines, in the apocalyptic twilight of the war. What happens over the subsequent two weeks tests the young pilots resolve to survive and affirms mankinds propensity for severe brutality as well as its overwhelming capacity for compassion in the face of death. One of the most fantastic aspects of this story is that it is all true.
The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden
Author: John J. Kevil
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468596861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden is an incredible story of survival. Chicagos Top Fighter Pilot in World War II is shot down, deep behind German lines, in the apocalyptic twilight of the war. What happens over the subsequent two weeks tests the young pilots resolve to survive and affirms mankinds propensity for severe brutality as well as its overwhelming capacity for compassion in the face of death. One of the most fantastic aspects of this story is that it is all true.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468596861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden is an incredible story of survival. Chicagos Top Fighter Pilot in World War II is shot down, deep behind German lines, in the apocalyptic twilight of the war. What happens over the subsequent two weeks tests the young pilots resolve to survive and affirms mankinds propensity for severe brutality as well as its overwhelming capacity for compassion in the face of death. One of the most fantastic aspects of this story is that it is all true.
The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden
Author: John J. Kevil
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468564269
Category : Fighter pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden is an incredible story of survival. Chicago's Top Fighter Pilot in World War 2 is shot down, deep behind German lines, in the apocalyptic twilight of the war. What happens over the subsequent two weeks tests the young pilot's resolve to survive and affirms mankind's propensity for severe brutality as well as its overwhelming capacity for compassion in the face of death. This military fiction is based on a remarkable true story, and is especially written for teen and adult readers who are into dogfighting fighter planes, action-packed military adventures and stories of valor.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468564269
Category : Fighter pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden is an incredible story of survival. Chicago's Top Fighter Pilot in World War 2 is shot down, deep behind German lines, in the apocalyptic twilight of the war. What happens over the subsequent two weeks tests the young pilot's resolve to survive and affirms mankind's propensity for severe brutality as well as its overwhelming capacity for compassion in the face of death. This military fiction is based on a remarkable true story, and is especially written for teen and adult readers who are into dogfighting fighter planes, action-packed military adventures and stories of valor.
‘Down to Earth' Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force
Author: William N Hess
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782008535
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
'Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book. His official endorsement reveals just how important a document Down to Earth was to the teaching of tyro fighter pilots heading for action in the ETO. More leading aces were lost to flak whilst ground strafing than to German fighters. In this book William Hess has included biographies of all the pilots that originally contributed to this work back in 1943-44.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782008535
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
'Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book. His official endorsement reveals just how important a document Down to Earth was to the teaching of tyro fighter pilots heading for action in the ETO. More leading aces were lost to flak whilst ground strafing than to German fighters. In this book William Hess has included biographies of all the pilots that originally contributed to this work back in 1943-44.
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Author: James Fairbairn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Angels, Bulldogs & Dragons
Author: Bill Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: James Fairbairn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: James Fairbairn
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806301074
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806301074
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland
Author: Thomas Robson (engraver.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, from the Earliest to the Present Time
Author: Thomas Robson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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