Bomber pilot: a memoir of World War II

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"" Winner of the Best Aeronautical Book Award from the Reserve Officers Association of the United States ""The sky was full of dying airplanes"" as American Liberator bombers struggled to return to North Africa after their daring low-level raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti. They lost 446 airmen and 53 planes, but Philip Ardery's plane came home. This pilot was to take part in many more raids on Hitler's Europe, including air cover for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This vivid firsthand acc…

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Full title :Bomber pilot : a memoir of World War II / by Philip Ardery.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1978.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication:Lexington
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1978.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (x, 233 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : : illustrations, maps (on lining papers)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780813143415, 0813143411, 9780813143422, 081314342X, 1299132707, 9781299132702
oclc:ocn643670627
LC Classification:D790
Dewey Decimal:940.54/49/73

Cover; Bomber Pilot; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue: On the Shoulders of the Dead; 1 The Gadget; 2 The Merry-Go-Round; 3 Ted's Flying Circus; 4 Ploesti and the Circus Ends; 5 The Air War of Western Europe; Illustrations; 6 The Wing; 7 Something to Believe In; Index.

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1939 - 1945 Air pilots, Military Air pilots, Military -- Biography. -- U… Ardery, Philip Autobiografie Autobiographies Autobiography Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Military États-Unis., Air Force Geschichte 1939-1945 HISTORY -- Military Luftkrieg Military operations, Aerial -- American Personal Narrative Personal narratives Personal narratives -- American Pilotes d'aéronef militaires -- Biograp… Récits personnels