Wings of war : the World War II fighter plane that saved the Allies and the believers who made it fly
(2022)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
940.544/WHITE,D

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 940.544/WHITE,D Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[New York] : Caliber, [2022]
©2022
DESCRIPTION

x, 325 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781524746322, 1524746320 :, 1524746320, 9781524746322
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Prologue: The Landmarks of a Nightmare -- PART ONE: THE PLANE IN THE DREAM -- Hypnotized -- Flugzeug Konstrukteur -- 100 Days -- Death from Above -- A Turbine like a Typhoon -- The Butcher Bird -- High Noon -- PART TWO: BIRD IN A CAGE -- The Best Sport in the World -- A One- Man Crusade -- A Cross- Country Shuttle -- Cash and Corruption -- Huddle in the Orange Groves -- Picked Off like Geese -- Black Thursday -- PART THREE: HAWK OF HEAVEN -- A Maverick Fighter Ace -- The Jig Was Up -- Death of a Jockey -- An Endless Roar Overhead -- Big Brother, Little Friend -- Oil Run -- A Perfect Show -- Closing the Ring -- Buzz Bombs and Doodlebugs -- Fighter Boys -- A Last Throw of the Dice -- Twilight for the Reich -- Epilogue: The Bells Toll

"The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"--

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