| Author | Caras, Roger A.
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| Title | Wings of gold : the story of United States naval aviation / by Roger A. Caras.
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| Edition | First edition. |
| Published | Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1965.
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| Description | 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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| Series | Airmen & aircraft
Airmen & aircraft.
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| General Note | Includes index.
Clifford W. Henderson National Air Races Collection book #282.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The beginnings -- First steps -- The Great War -- The decade that roared: 1920-1929 -- Years of the forge: the Thirties -- Great bags of gas -- The Second World War -- Flying leathernecks -- Polar flying -- Since World War II -- Now, and from now on -- Appendices: A. The first 50 naval aviators ; B. The U.S. Navy's first ten helicopter pilots ; C. The U.S. Navy's first twenty jet pilots ; D. Symbols for U.S. Navy aviation ships ; E. U.S. Navy aviation ships ; F. Squadron designation symbols ; G. Aircraft identification ; H. U.S. Naval aircraft ; I. U.S. Navy air-launched missiles and rockets ; J. The phonetic alphabet ; K. A Navy Flyers Creed.
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| Subjects | Aeronautics, Military -- United States.
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| LC Card Number | 65-15250 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: VG 93 C261 1965
CA-1903316: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 71918] |
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