Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II

Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II
ISBN-10
0813146100
ISBN-13
9780813146102
Series
Fighter Pilot
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2014-04-23
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Author
William R. Dunn

Description

At the age of twelve, American William R. Dunn decided to become a fighter pilot. In 1939 he joined the Canadian Army and was soon transferred to the Royal Air Force. He was the first pilot in the famous Eagle Squadron of American volunteers to shoot down an enemy aircraft and later became the first American ace of the war. After joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943, he saw action in the Normandy invasion and in Patton's sweep across France. Twenty years later he fought again in Vietnam. Dunn keenly conveys the fighter pilot's experience of war -- the tension of combat, the harsh grip of fear, the love of aircraft, the elation of victory, the boisterous comradeship and competition of the pilot brotherhood. Fighter Pilot is both a gripping story and a unique historical document.

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