Panther Red One Memoirs Of A Fighter Pilot

Author : Anonim
Publisher : KW Publishers Pvt Ltd
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789385714917

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Panther Red One: Memoirs of a Fighter Pilot by Anonim Pdf

This book originally began as a series of articles, at the behest of the author’s son, for the website Bharat Rakshak. As the articles flowed, the author was then persuaded by his children to expand these articles into something that more resembles a book. It was (and is) intended for his grandchildren to know about one part of their heritage—a part that will likely not recur in the family tree. It was not intended for general publication, but the children convinced the author otherwise. Perhaps the first couple of chapters could be a reader for all grandchildren of today because every family came from similar villages all over India. It also gives a feel for the motivation, and the acceptance of the environment and facilities that were far from adequate to achieve the goal of being a fighter pilot. It is more “episodic” than such works usually are, as it has been written at the age of 80, from the heart and from memory. It is hoped that you will enjoy it.

Author : Subramaniam Raghavendran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fighter pilots
ISBN : 935098119X

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Panther Red One by Subramaniam Raghavendran Pdf

Author : Christina Olds,Robin Olds,Ed Rasimus
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 142992909X

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Fighter Pilot by Christina Olds,Robin Olds,Ed Rasimus Pdf

Please note: This ebook edition does not include the photo insert from the print edition. The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army, Olds was one of the toughest college football players at the time. In WWII, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—and an ace with 12 aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. He arrived in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Proving he wasn't a WWII retread, he led the wing with aggressiveness, scoring another four confirmed kills, becoming a rare triple ace. Olds (who retired a brigadier general and died in 2007) was a unique individual whose personal story is one of the most eagerly anticipated military books of the year.

Author : Herbert Brooks Hatch,Herbert Hatch
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1563115743

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An Ace and His Angel by Herbert Brooks Hatch,Herbert Hatch Pdf

This story was written by Herbert Brooks Hatch, Jr., one of America's living Fighter Pilot Aces from World War II. Hatch flew a P-38 with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, out of Salsola, Italy. Except for a brief deployment to Corsice to cover the invasion of Southern France, he flew his 59 missions out of Foggia #3. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 11 Oak Leaf Clusters. In his first book, An Ace and His Angel: Memoirs of a WWII Fighter Pilot, Hatch writes of the heroes and hardships endured by veterans of the Army Air Force.

Author : Black' Robertson
Publisher : Air World
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526784896

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Fighters in the Blood by Black' Robertson Pdf

As this fascinating memoir unfolds, moving backwards and forwards through time, two parallel stories emerge: one of a Second World War Spitfire ace whose flying career comes to a premature end when he’s shot down and loses an eye, the other of his progeny, a second generation fighter pilot who eventually reaches the rank of air marshal. The narrative is unique in its use of two separate and distinct voices. The author’s own reminiscences are interwoven with those his father recorded more than thirty years ago, embellished by extracts from some 300 of his wartime letters. Intensely personal and revealing, controversial too at times, this account is above all about people, not least those with whom the author flew while serving with the USAF – a tour marked by tragedy; that said, they proved altogether more friendly than the P-38 pilots who twice attacked his father in North Africa! A daughter with dual citizenship subsequently helped him sustain his links with the US, both while serving and afterwards in business. The irony is that the son spent a lifetime training for the ultimate examination – one that despite strictly limited preparation his father passed with flying colors. To ‘Black’ Robertson’s eternal regret he was never able to put his own training to the test. His father, ‘Robbie’, was awarded the DFC and retired as a flight lieutenant after five years or so. He himself served for nearly thirty-six years, earned a Queen’s Commendation, an OBE and CBE and served as an ADC to HM The Queen. But after reaching almost the top of the RAF tree, in one important sense he retired unfulfilled; his mettle was never tested under fire. Anyone interested to know more about flying, about the RAF, about leadership, about character even, need look no further than this beautifully crafted, immensely readable account.

Author : Wayne K. Blickenstaff
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781636242101

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Ace in a Day by Wayne K. Blickenstaff Pdf

Wayne K. Blickenstaff, known as “Blick,” was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group based at Goxhill, Metfield and Raydon, England as part of the Eighth Air Force prosecuting the strategic air campaign against Germany. As an original cadre member, he rose steadily through the ranks from a Second Lieutenant Element Leader to Flight Leader, Squadron Operations Officer, Squadron Leader and finally to a Lieutenant Colonel and Group Operations Officer. Flying the P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang, he completed two tours of operations between 1943 and 1945 encompassing 133 missions and claims of 10 enemy aircraft destroyed in the air. His double “ace” status included a Me262 jet fighter and the destruction of five aircraft in one mission—giving him rare “ace in a day” status. Ace in a Day is Blick’s honest and gritty personal memoir of his air war in Europe. His vivid writing places you in the cockpit as he and his comrades battle the enemy in the skies or attack ground targets across Europe. His account conveys a true sense of just how dangerous flying World War II fighters, in all weather conditions, really was. It was not just the enemy that could kill you. A moment’s inattention, overconfidence or simple mistake could be deadly. As a keen observer of character, Blick’s pen portraits of those around him, including many of those who sadly did not survive the war, offer a poignant and deeply moving tribute to those with whom he served. Anyone wanting an understanding of the dynamics of a working fighter squadron at war and the dilemmas faced by those in command should read this book. Supported by an impressive array of original documentation, photographs, and detailed appendices, including Blick’s never-before published wartime journal, Ace in a Day provides a unique and valuable insight into the harsh realities of the air war in Europe from one of the “Mighty Eighth’s” top fighter pilots.

Author : Roger VEE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:650249056

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Flying Minnows by Roger VEE Pdf

Author : Herbert Brooks Hatch
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781618587510

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An Ace and His Angel by Herbert Brooks Hatch Pdf

This story was written by Herbert Brooks Hatch, Jr., one of America's living Fighter Pilot Aces from World War II. Hatch flew a P-38 with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, out of Salsola, Italy. Except for a brief deployment to Corsice to cover the invasion of Southern France, he flew his 59 missions out of Foggia #3. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 11 Oak Leaf Clusters. In his first book, An Ace and His Angel: Memoirs of a WWII Fighter Pilot, Hatch writes of the heroes and hardships endured by veterans of the Army Air Force.

Author : Marvin V. Bledsoe
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold (International) University & College
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081477684

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Thunderbolt by Marvin V. Bledsoe Pdf

Author : Don S Gentile
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798599206484

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One-Man Air Force by Don S Gentile Pdf

-'Vivid... the combat history of an American ace' NEW YORK TIMES -This new 2021 Spitfire Publishers edition includes all the images from the original 1944 edition, extra contemporary photographs, a selection of Gentile's 'Encounter Reports' and additional first-hand testimony from Gentile's fellow pilots, John Godfrey and Duane BeesonCalled a 'One-man air force' by General Eisenhower, Don Gentile set the pace for the Hun-killing tournament fought over the skies of Europe in 1944 by P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt pilots. But what is he thinking when he sees a yellow-nosed Messerschmitt barrelling in for the kill? Is he scared? How does he feel when an enemy Focke-Wulf 190 is in his sights and he starts pouring steel into its frail fuselage? This short wartime memoir, written with the aid of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Wolfert, has the urgency of war reportage and the honesty of a 23-year-old former high-school football hero from Piqua, Ohio. 'Answers truthfully the questions everyone would like to ask a fighter pilot' NEW YORK TIMES.ABOUT THE AUTHORDominic Salvatore 'Don' Gentile was born in 1920 in Piqua, Ohio to Italian immigrants Patsy and Josephina Gentile. Fascinated by flying from an early age his father eventually paid for flying lessons and his own Aerosport single-seater biplane. By 1941 Don had clocked up over 300 flying hours. With the war raging in Europe, Don enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and by 1942 was flying Spitfires from England with 133 Squadron, one of the famed American 'Eagle Squadrons'. The Eagle squadrons were transferred to the USAAF to form the 4th Fighter Group flying the P-47 Thunderbolt and Don and his fellow pilots were the first to fly combat missions over Germany. Re-equipment with the P-51 Mustang in February 1944 was a game-changer. The Fourth were the first to escort bombers over Berlin in March and Don quickly became an ace in the exceptional Mustang fighter, building his tally to twenty-two aerial kills and six ground kills by the end of his tour. He survived the war but was killed in a flying accident in 1951.

Author : Dan Hampton
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062130365

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Viper Pilot by Dan Hampton Pdf

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR OF 21ST-CENTURY AIR COMBAT, BY "ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED PILOTS IN AIR FORCE HISTORY" (NEW YORK POST) 151 combat missions 21 hard kills on surface -to -air missile sites 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor 1 Purple Heart First into a war zone, flying behind enemy lines to purposely draw fire, the wild weasels are elite fighter squadrons with the most dangerous job in the Air Force One of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. For twenty years, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, logging 608 combat hours in the world's most iconic fighter jet: the F-16 "Fighting Falcon," or "Viper." He spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, leading the first flight of fighters over the border en route to strike Baghdad. Earlier, on 9/11, Hampton's father was inside the Pentagon when it was attacked; with his dad's fate unknown, Hampton was scrambled into American skies and given the unprecedented orders to shoot down any unidentified aircraft. Viper Pilot is an unforgettable look into the closed world of fighter pilots and modern air combat.

Author : Francis James Rodgers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732932921

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Fighter Pilot by Francis James Rodgers Pdf

Author : Carl G. Schneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Fighter pilots ‡z United States ‡v Biography
ISBN : 099892220X

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Jet Pioneer by Carl G. Schneider Pdf

Jet Pioneer: A Fighter Pilot's Memoir is the remarkable story of Major General Carl G. Schneider's thirty-two year U.S. Air Force career. Beginning in 1946 as a newly enlisted AAF private, he rose through the ranks to become a two star general--an accomplishment very few men in American history have ever achieved. This book is a fascinating look into the unprecedented career of a jet fighter pilot who flew one hundred combat missions in Korea and served in Vietnam flying combat missions with the VNAF. Filled with personal stories, Jet Pioneer: A Fighter Pilot's Memoir takes the reader along as the author recounts riveting combat missions, often humorous accounts of his Air Force career as well as the "gut-wrenching moments" of learning close friends were shot down by the enemy and killed or captured.

Author : Alexander Jefferson
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780823274406

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Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free by Alexander Jefferson Pdf

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson’s authoritative background on the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. This revised edition covers the story of Jefferson’s continuing outreach and education work, as he brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to communities and schools across the country, and the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Airmen in 2007. Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is perhaps the only account of the African American experience in a German prison camp.

Author : Robert J. Goebel
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0760320691

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Mustang Ace by Robert J. Goebel Pdf

When Bob Goebel left home to join the Army Air Corps in 1942, he was nineteen years old and a high school graduate. By the spring of 1944 he was on his way to Italy and the 31st Fighter Group, one of the top fighter outfits of the war. He was also headed for a new aircraft, the legendary P-51 Mustang. After 61 combat missions now-Captain Goebel was offcially credited with 11 victories in his Mustang. Returning home in September 1944 he was not yet 21 years old. Goebel's memoir is a classic of combat aviation, giving the reader a true sense of what it was like to fly and fight as a World War II fighter pilot.