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xii, 495 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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"A Question of Honor is the little-known, story of the scores of Polish fighter pilots who helped save England during the Battle of Britain and of their stunning betrayal by the United States and England at the end of World War II." "Centering on five pilots of the renowned Kosciuszko Squadron, the authors show how the fliers, driven by their passionate desire to liberate their homeland, came to be counted among the most heroic and successful fighter...
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Campaign volume 304
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96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
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English
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Following the devastating raids on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, lightning advances by Japanese forces throughout the Pacific and the Far East, and a desperate battle by the Allied command in the Dutch East Indies, it became evident that an attack on Australia was more a matter of 'when' and not 'if'. On 19 February, just eleven weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and two weeks after the fall of Singapore, the same Japanese battle group that...
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1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest warplanes of all time as well as the best American fighter of World War II. It played a crucial role in the air war over Europe, escorting bombers of both the 8th and 15th Air Force deep into Germany and German-held Europe on precision daylight raids. The long-range capability of the Mustang, along with its high speed and great maneuverability, helped secure air superiority over the continent,...
26) Wings of war: the World War II fighter plane that saved the Allies and the believers who made it fly
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x, 325 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm
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English
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"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"--
27) The bomb
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As a World War II combat soldier, Howard Zinn took part in the aerial bombing of Royan, France. Two decades later, he was invited to visit Hiroshima and meet survivors of the atomic attack. In this short and powerful book, Zinn offers his deep personal reflections and political analysis of these events, their consequences, and the profound influence they had in transforming him from an order-taking combat soldier to one of our greatest anti-authoritarian,...
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"They say she was beautiful. A dream. But for all her good looks, she was also a killer. Spitfire is an epic, sweeping tale of determination, vision and courage. It is the story of an airplane that was forged in competition, shaped as the war clouds gathered, and refined in the white heat of combat going on to become the most famous fighter plane ever made. Credited with changing the course of world history, this is the story of the Spitfire told...
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xxii, 522 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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The astonishing untold story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot. In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces" -- the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker -- offered a bottle of bourbon to the first U.S. fighter pilot to break his record of twenty-six enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate his men, General George Kenney promoted what they would come to...
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xvii, 109 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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During the Second World War, women pilots were given the opportunity to fly military aircraft for the first time in history. In the United States, famed aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran formed the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program, where over one thousand women flyers ferried aircraft from factories to airbases throughout the United States and Canada from 1942 to 1944. In the Soviet Union, Marina Raskova, Russia's "Amelia Earhart," famous for...
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xv, 648 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated-- and controversial--military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid.
In December 1941, as American forces tallied the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathered with his senior military counselors to plan an ambitious counterstrike against the heart of the Japanese Empire: Tokyo. Four months later, on April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy...
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Wings of glory volume 2
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English
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Landing in the army hospital after a plane crash, Major Jack Novak tries to win the heart of army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Doherty, but Jack soon realizes that he has his work cut out for him as he tries to break down her defenses.
33) The cold blue
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1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A stirring tribute to the men of the Eighth Air Force, who flew deadly missions during World War II. Half of the U.S. Army Air Force's casualties during the war were suffered by the Eighth. Director Erik Nelson tracked down nine of the surviving Eighth Air Force veterans to recall the harrowing experiences they endured in the summer of 1943.
34) A time for war
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When his plane is shot down on June 6, 1944, D-Day, paratrooper Private Michael Donovan must find a way to survive and locate his platoon.
37) Fighter squadron
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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U.S. airman Ed Hardin pilots a damaged P-47 Thunderbolt toward a perilous but successful belly flop landing at his fighter-group base in the English countryside. The battered aircraft may never wing into the skies again. Hardin will. 'Notify the taxpayer to get me another one, ' he quips. Hardin tempers his flyboy recklessness when the men of the squadron are entrusted to his leadership.
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1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Six P-40 fighters come shrieking out of the sun, guns blazing. They're outnumbered and outgunned by the 18 enemy Zeros below them. But they won't be outfought. Scott is an inexperienced 'textbook pilot' who asks to fly with the all-volunteer, battle-seasoned Flying Tigers headed by Gen. Claire Chennault. Fighting to keep the critical Burma Road supply line open, Scott becomes an ace. He comes to realize what many flyers know: up in the heavens, he...
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Osprey aircraft of the aces volume 40
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96 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm.
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English
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