Whitey [electronic resource] : the story of Rear Admiral E. L. Feightner, a Navy fighter ace / Peter B. Mersky.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mersky, Peter B., 1945-
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Feightner, Edward Lewis, > 1919-
United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Navy > Aviation > Biography.
Admirals > United States > Biography.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
Test pilots > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Whitey: The Story of Rear Admiral E. L. Feightner, A Navy Fighter Ace
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Growing up in Ohio
  • Flying the Navy way
  • Training with Butch and into the fight
  • Fighting in the Solomons
  • With the cactus Marines
  • A new squadron and a new fighter
  • Bunker Hill action and final kills
  • Testing jets
  • The radical, dangerous Cutlass
  • More testing at new commands
  • Back to the fleet and command
  • Out to the Mediterranean then back to shore-based developments
  • Senior commands
  • Driving his own ship
  • A senior tour
  • Ending his career: time to move on.