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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. From bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history. Vietnam, 1965: USAF Phantom jets were being blown from the sky by a mysterious weapon--a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), launched by Russian "advisors" to North Vietnam....
42) Flying tigers
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the 'Flying Tigers' were America's hottest ace pilots. Possessing unmatched skill and bravery, Capt. Jim Gordon, was the Tigers' leader and top gun. Gordon faces a battle on and off the ground when his good friend and ace pilot, Woody Jason is suspected of endangering the lives of his fellow pilots. Gordon's fight to retain his respect for Woody while maintaining the solidarity of his pilots is an explosive...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer. Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility...
45) Memphis Belle
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story about the famous plane of World War II, the Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle is about the crew of one of the B-17s flying their last mission before they can go home to a hero's welcome.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Black Snow brilliantly vivifies the horrific reality of the most destructive air attack in history, against Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945. James Scott deftly employs sharply etched portraits of individuals of all stations and nationalities to survey the global, technological, and moral backdrop of the cataclysm, including the searing experiences of Japanese trapped in a gigantic firestorm. This riveting account illuminates an historical...
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as "Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan's larger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius who had devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. "AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL." At 7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Center typed what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, sending a desperate SOS into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through its final gallons of fuel. At 1:30 p.m., there is only one choice left: an emergency landing at sea. If the crew survives the impact, they will be left stranded without food or water hundreds...
50) Red tail reborn
Publisher
Hemlock Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American fighter pilots, who fought during World War II.
52) The dam busters
Series
Publisher
Film Movement Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, an RAF squadron detstroys German dams with "bouncing bombs." Based on true events and the inspiration for Star Wars' Death Star attack sequence.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The untold story of the American 8th Air Force's bloody battle to defeat the German Luftwaffe in the months leading up to D-Day. Told through the gripping, first person accounts of three American airmen and Stars & Stripes reporter Andy Rooney, this special showcases breathtaking aerial combat--original, color footage, never before seen by most Americans--of the B-17s Flying Fortresses, P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs on missions such as Regensburg,...
56) Mission of honor
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A group of brave Polish pilots known as Squadron 303 fought in the skies over England in World War II, not just to keep Great Britain free from the Nazis, but also to keep alive the very idea of their own country, which had existed in its modem form for barely 20 years before it was crushed between the opposing jaws of Germany and Russia. Equipped with the almost-obsolete Hurricane airplane and RAF blue uniforms, they fought, and Poland lived.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Documents the contributions of Soviet airwomen during World War II, examining the formation, obstacles, missions, and legacy of Russia's female combat pilot regiments.
58) Code name Verity
Author
Series
Code name Verity volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, here is an unprecedented account of the extraordinary World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower,"--Amazon.com.
The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press, A Member of Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days...
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