Silver Wings

Author : Tom Young
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1800328958
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Wings, Iron Cross written by Tom Young and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American pilot. A German U-boat officer – united by fate in an epic fight for survival. Lieutenant Karl Hagan earned his wings the hard way. But when his plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he’s forced to make the hardest decision of his life... trusting the enemy. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Albrecht wore his Iron Cross with pride. But when his U-boat is attacked in a devastating air raid, he abandons ship and finds an unlikely ally. The pilot who bombed him. November, 1944. The tides of war have turned. The Allies have taken back France, and German troops have retreated. But for Karl and Wilhelm, the war is far from over. Each must be prepared to lie for the other, fight for the other, or die with the other. A deeply moving WWII thriller from master author Tom Young of two enemy combatants forced to work together, perfect for fans of Alistair MacLean, Jack Higgins and Frederick Forsyth. Praise for Tom Young ‘One of the most exciting new thriller talents in years!’ Vince Flynn ‘Gripping and impressively authentic’ Frederick Forsyth ‘Courage and honor in the face of the enemy have not been so brilliantly portrayed since the great novels of the Second World War’ Jack Higgins ‘A gutsy, gritty thriller told only as one who’s been there and done that could write it... a terrific new writer’ W.E.B. Griffin ‘Young has a gift for allowing the reader to experience the emotional aspect of being a soldier... Military-thriller fans should make Young’s work an essential addition to their reading lists’ Booklist ‘Like Tom Clancy, Young has an eye for detail about military equipment, operations, and thinking that will ring true with any veteran’ General Chuck Horner, USAF (RET.), former Commander, U.S. Central Command Air Forces

Author : Katherine Sharp Landdeck
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1524762822
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Women with Silver Wings written by Katherine Sharp Landdeck and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls “A powerful story of reinvention, community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.”—Newsday When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army’s rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country—and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women’s wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they’d forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were—and for their place in history.

Author : H. P. Munro
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781482023572
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Wings written by H. P. Munro and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner - 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society - Historical Fiction When in 1942, twenty-five-year-old Lily Rivera is widowed, she finally feels able to step out of the shadows of an unhappy marriage. Her love of flying leads her to join the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, determined to regain her passion and spread her wings, no suspecting that she would experience more than just flying. Helen Richmond, a Hollywood stunt pilot, has never experienced a love that lifted her as high as the aircraft she flew...until she meets Lily. Both women join the W.A.S.P. program to serve their country and instead find that they are on a collision course towards each other, but can it last?

Author : James Holland
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 147357157X
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pair of Silver Wings written by James Holland and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ______________ It can take a lifetime to heal the wounds of war 'Brings history to life' Guardian ______________ Edward Enderby has never spoken about being an RAF fighter pilot. But fifty years after the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, he must finally confront the memories he has tried so hard to forget. From the bright skies over England in 1941, through the dark days of the Siege of Malta, to a bitter partisan struggle in Italy, his takes a momentous journey that will change him forever. And despite the damage the war has wrought, Edward has one last chance to save himself from his past...

Author : Janet Dailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671875152
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Wings, Santiago Blue written by Janet Dailey and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's beloved storyteller celebrates the courage of women at war with this World-War II-set romance featuring the Women Air Force Service Pilots, who risked their lives, their ambitions, and their dreams to help the war efforts. Reissue.

Author : Jon A. Maguire
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887405785
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens written by Jon A. Maguire and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new look at the uniforms and insignia of the USAAF during the World War II years covers a broad range of clothing, collar insignia, rank insignia, shoulder/sleeve insignia and squadron patches. Additionally, there is an in-depth examination of wing qualification badges. Actual items are presented in nearly 600 illustrations in full color, and also as they appeared in actual war-era photos. Actual uniform regulations and illustrations from the 1943 and 1944 Officers Guides are also provided. Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens will be a useful addition to the libraries of collectors, historians, modelers and veterns alike. Jon Maguire is also the author of American Flight Jackets, Airmen & Aircraft: A History of U.S. Flyers' Jackets from World War I to Desert Storm(with John Conway). Jon lives in Oklahoma City, Ok.

Author : C. T. Westcott
Publisher : Dell Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780440202394
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Wings and Leather Jackets written by C. T. Westcott and published by Dell Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Will Bucko's father is shot down while on a mission, he leaves as a legacy to his teenage son a leather bomber jacket and a stolen fighter plane he has hidden in the desert. To retrieve it and avenge his father's death, Will must battle punker outlaw gangs and radioactive mutants!

Author : Thomas K. Follis
Publisher : Merriam Press
ISBN 13 : 1576383288
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book He Wore a Pair of Silver Wings written by Thomas K. Follis and published by Merriam Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fanny Kemble Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Wings and Other Poems written by Fanny Kemble Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard P. Hallion
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437912826
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Wings, Golden Valor written by Richard P. Hallion and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the Air Force¿s commemorative symposium on the Korean War, held on 7 June 2000. Sponsored by the Air Force History and Museums Program, Air Force Legislative Liaison, and Air Force Association, the goal of this symposium was ¿to set the record straight¿ on Korea as an ¿absolutely vital victory:¿ in the 40-year-long history of the Cold War, checking communism¿s spread. Dr. Richard Hallion, who edited the volume, notes that the most important lesson of Korea is the resolve that allows Airmen to continue providing unparalleled global vigilance, reach, and power.