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Wings of war : the World War II fighter plane that saved the Allies and the believers who made it fly
Item details
- ISBN: 9781524746322
- ISBN: 1524746320
- ISBN: 9781524746346
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x, 325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm - Publisher: [New York] : Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Place of publication from publisher's website. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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