| Author | Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.
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| Title | Fighting the flying circus / by Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, commanding officer, 94th pursuit squadron, U.S. Air service ; with maps and a foreword by Laurence La Tourette Driggs.
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| Published | New York : Frederick A Stokes Company, c1919.
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| Description | viii, [4], 371 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations (including map) ; 20 cm
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| General Note | Includes index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Introducing "Archy" -- The aerodrome -- Our first stories -- Downing my first enemy -- Jimmy Meissner strips his wings -- Jimmy Hall's last fight -- New responsibilities -- A victory and a narrow escape -- Down in flames -- Lufbery is killed -- Squadron activities -- Jimmy Meissner again -- America's first ace -- Rumpler no. 16 -- Campbell's last fight -- Becoming an ace -- A perplexing bank of fog -- Strafing the Drachen -- The Château-Thierry salient -- The death of Quentin Roosevelt -- The flying circus scores heavily -- Our Spads arrive -- Back close to Verdun -- The St. Mihiel Drive -- American ace of aces -- Captain of the Hat-in-the-Ring Squadron -- An eventful "D" day -- Frank Luke strafes his last balloon -- A night mission -- A day's work -- six victories -- "Seeing the war" -- A regular dogfight -- An aeroplane movie show -- An overzealous ally -- The end draws near -- Last victory of the Great War -- Official victories of the 94th Aero Squadron -- Index.
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| Subjects | Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973.
United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
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| LC Card Number | 19-9002 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: D 606 R539 1919
CA-1903177: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69565] |
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