Tales of a war pilot / Richard C. Kirkland.

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Kirkland was a fighter pilot in the Pacific during WWII, flew atomic bomb test flights, and flew helicopter rescue missions in Korea.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Smithsonian history of aviation series.
Main Author: Kirkland, Richard C.
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1999], ©1999.
Series:Smithsonian history of aviation series.
Subjects:
Kirkland, Richard C.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives, American.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Aerial operations, American.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
Helicopter pilots > United States > Biography.
United States. > Air Force > Biography.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Biography.
Personal narratives, American.
Electronic books.
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Physical Description:160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: A War Pilot's Journey The Violent Decade: 1943-1953
  • To Shoot Down a Zero
  • On the Wing of the Lone Eagle
  • Escape from the Stone Age
  • Ace of Aces
  • R and R
  • Mystery of the Magnificent Beast
  • The Ultimate Game
  • Pedro One
  • Christmas at Ch'o Do
  • Geisha
  • Night Mission at the 8055 MASH.