The race of aces : WWII's elite airmen and the epic battle to become the masters of the sky / John R. Bruning.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316508624 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780316508629 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780316508629
- ISBN: 0316508624
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2020.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The country mouse -- The Buck Rogers diving death ride -- When trouble is your saving grace -- General summons -- The girl with the red umbrella -- The price of a moonlight moment -- Under an Arctic rainbow -- The hero's road -- The man without a place -- New Guinea -- When everyone turned a screw -- Mission over Maggot Beach -- The veterans of Nomonhan -- The man with the broken back -- The hero makers -- Contenders -- The last bottle of Yellowstone -- Where everything's trying to kill you -- Rhumba Cardi -- Duckbutt's groove -- The innocent killers -- Return of the outcast -- The jug driver -- Rebels in jugs -- The new guy -- The original freelancer -- The warrior's path -- Four days in October -- The battering of the pudgys -- The race over Rabaul -- The relentless rogue -- The ignored one -- Off the rails -- Whitehead's flying circus -- Walking with the beast -- The casualties -- Longer than long legs -- The two Macs -- The battlefield tourist -- The killing tourist -- Return to the St Francis -- Reunion -- "Whatever I am, I belong to you." -- Lost perspective -- Getting three for Mac -- We shall always return to each other -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | United States. Army Air Forces > Biography. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American. Fighter pilots > United States > Biography. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 940.5449730922 BRUNING, J. (Text) | 32544072577637 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | 940.54 BRU (Text) | 34030144214613 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Derby Neck Library | WW2-AIR BRU (Text) | 34046146021640 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | 940.54 BRU (Text) | 33430145696472 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Kent Library Association - Kent | 940.54 BRU (Text) | 33410144715127 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Milford Public Library | 940.544 B (Text) | 34013145769082 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | 940.544973 BRUNING (Text) | 34000147895957 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | 940.54 BRU (Text) | 36123001520848 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Ridgefield Library | 940.54 BRU (Text) | 34010149650250 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Rockville Public Library | 940.54 BRU (Text) | 34035146243650 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |