Millville Army Air Field

Author : John J. Galluzzo,Millville Army Air Field Museum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-16
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439639344

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Millville Army Air Field by John J. Galluzzo,Millville Army Air Field Museum Pdf

Millville had always been known for its glassmaking, but with the outbreak of World War II, the communitys identity was primed to change forever. A private civilian airfield gave way to the creation of Americas first defense airport, the training ground for the U.S. Armys Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots. Bright and brave young men from across the country converged on Millville in the early 1940s to learn to fly and fight for freedom. Some died in training; others flew into history as heroes. While in Millville, they lived the average lives of the countrys military men, playing baseball, flirting with the girls at the local USO dances, and attending Sunday night dinners with local families, creating lifelong friendships in a time when a young mans life expectancy was in the hands of Americas enemies.

Author : Donald R. Abbe
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439642788

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South Plains Army Airfield by Donald R. Abbe Pdf

South Plains Army Airfield in Lubbock, Texas, was a major training base for US Army Air Force glider pilots during World War II. Approximately 80 percent of the roughly 6,000 pilots trained to fly the combat cargo glider received their advanced training and were awarded their G Wings at SPAAF, as it was known. The base was conceived, built, used, and then closed in a short five-year period during World War II. Today, little remains to remind one of the feverish and important military training program that once took place on the flat, featureless South Plains of Texas. During World War II, American military strategy and tactics included a significant airborne component. Major invasions, such as D-Day at Normandy, were preceded by huge aerial fleets carrying paratroopers and their equipment. These airborne invasion fleets sometimes exceeded well over 1,000 Allied gliders. The American airborne forces depended upon an ungainly looking aircraft, the CG-4A glider, to carry the vehicles, munitions, and reinforcements needed to survive. The pilots who flew them learned their trade at South Plains Army Airfield.

Author : Raymond D. Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Andrews Air Force Base (Md.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112105112855

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Historical Highlights of Andrews AFB, 1942-1989 by Raymond D. Baker Pdf

Author : Joseph G Bilby,James M. Madden,Harry Ziegler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625846365

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Hidden History of New Jersey at War by Joseph G Bilby,James M. Madden,Harry Ziegler Pdf

The Garden State has made innumerable contributions to our nation's military history, on both battlefield and homefront, but many of those stories remain hidden within the larger national narrative. Perhaps the most crucial one-day battle of the Revolution was fought in Monmouth County, and New Jersey officers engineered the conquest of California in the Mexican War. During the Civil War, a New Jersey unit was instrumental in saving Washington, D.C., from Confederate capture. In World War II, New Jersey women flocked to war production factories and served in the armed forces, and a West Orange girl helped ferry Spitfire fighters in England. War came home to the coast in 1942 with the sinking of the SS "Resor" by a German submarine, but the state's citizens reacted by contributing everything they could to the war effort. Uncover these and other stories from New Jersey's hidden wartime history.

Author : Robert F. Dorr,Thomas D. Jones
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0760338256

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Hell Hawks! by Robert F. Dorr,Thomas D. Jones Pdf

Hell Hawks sets a new standard for histories of the tactical anti-war in Europe. Veteran authors Bob Dorr and Tom Jones combine masterfully crafted veteran interviews with the broader picture of the air war fought by the Thunderbolt men. You gain a new appreciation of just how tough their deadly task was, and the courage needed to fly close air support against the Nazi fighters and flak. This outstanding book raises the bar on aviation history as it brings alive the true story of an aerial band of brothers." - Colonel Walter J. Boyne, National Aviation Hall of Famer, former director of the National Air & Space Museum, and best-selling author Hell Hawks! is the story of the band of young American fighter pilots, and their gritty, close-quarters fight against Hitlers vaunted military. The "Hell Hawks" were the men and machines of the 365th Fighter Group. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, the groups young pilots (most were barely twenty years old and fresh from flight training in the United States) flew in close support of Eisenhowers ground forces as they advanced across France and into Germany. They flew the rugged, heavily armed P-47 Thunderbolt, aka the Jug. Living in tents amid the cold mud of their front-line airfields, the 365ths daily routine had much in common with that of the G.I.s they supported. Their war only stopped with the Nazi surrender on May 8, 1945. During their year in combat, the Hell Hawks paid a heavy price to win the victory. Sixty-nine pilots and airmen died in the fight across the continent. The Groups 1,241 combat missions -- the daily confrontation of sudden, violent death -- forged bonds between these men that remain strong sixty years later. This book will tell their story, the story of the Hell Hawks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Weather forecasting
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123492626

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Studies on Local Forecasting by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. War Assets Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Government property
ISBN : UOM:39015030793957

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Directory of Surplus Real Property by United States. War Assets Administration Pdf

Author : United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131575966

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Flight Information Bulletin by United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015086562801

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Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anthony J. Mireles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0786427906

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Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945: August 1944-December 1945, appendices, indexes by Anthony J. Mireles Pdf

During World War II, the air over the continental United States was a virtual third front. The little-known statistics are alarming: the Army Air Forces lost more than 4,500 aircraft in combat against Japanese army and naval air forces in the war. During the same time, the AAF lost more than 7,100 aircraft in the United States to accidents in training and transportation. Such accidents claimed the lives of more than 15,530 pilots, crewmembers and ground personnel, and the stories of their deaths are largely forgotten. This work chronicles the 6,350 known fatal AAF aircraft accidents that occurred in the continental United States from January 1941 through December 1945. Each crash summary, based on official records, provides details such as crash location and cause, the people involved and the type and number of aircraft. An aircraft serial number index, a record of AAF aircraft still listed as missing, crash statistics and a directory of AAF stations in the United States are included.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428915916

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The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Six: Men and Planes by Anonim Pdf

Author : George G. Loving
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780811710268

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Bully Able Leader by George G. Loving Pdf

Action-packed memoir by an American pilot and squadron commander in the Korean War.

Author : Kimberly R. Sebold,Sara Amy Leach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Cape May County (N.J.)
ISBN : IND:30000077175291

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Historic Themes and Resources Within the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail by Kimberly R. Sebold,Sara Amy Leach Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119862634

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The World Almanac and Book of Facts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard V. Porcelli
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738576701

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Naval Air Station Atlantic City by Richard V. Porcelli Pdf

Few would guess Atlantic City has a rich aviation history, being instrumental in many technical advances and playing a key role in the defense of the nation. The wartime role of Naval Air Station Atlantic City, commissioned in 1943, was training naval fighter pilots as well as developing technology and procedures for ground controlled interception of enemy aircraft. After the war, Atlantic City was the site of testing new Navy aircraft as well as the development of all-weather, night-fighting, and attack capabilities. After the Navy left in 1958, the airfield became home to the Federal Aviation Administration's premier research center, a New Jersey Air National Guard jet fighter base, a US Coast Guard air station, and Atlantic City International Airport.