| Author | Sims, Edward H., 1923- author.
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| Title | American aces in great fighter battles of World War II / by Edward H. Sims ; foreword by Nathan F. Twining.
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| Published | New York : Harper, c1958.
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| Description | 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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| General Note | Includes index.
Clifford W. Henderson National Air Races Collection book #24.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Night scramble at Hengyang / John R. Alison -- Chase over New Guinea / John D. Landers -- Battling zeros over Kunming / Bruce K. Holloway -- Scratch two of teh Abbeville Boys / James A. Goodson -- Lightning over Huon Gulf / Jay T. Robbins -- Cat and mouse near Emden / Francis S. Gabreski -- ME-109 at six o'clock / John T. Godfrey -- First strike at Berlin / Robert S. Johnson -- A game of bluff at Sorau / Henry W. Brown -- Clash over Leyte's Ormoc Bay / Charles H. MacDonald -- Surprise at Asch / J.C. Meyer -- Death of the Luftwaffe / Joseph L. Thury.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Fighter missions flown by our twelve top surviving U.S. Army Air Forces fliers of the World War, re-enacted and related to developments in fighting tactics and the progress of the war.
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| Subjects | Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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| LC Card Number | 58-5752 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: D 790 S614 1958
CA-1903276: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 71062] |
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