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Fighter pilot : the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds / Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus

Catalog Data

Author:
Olds, Robin 1922-2007  Search this
Olds, Christina  Search this
Rasimus, Ed  Search this
Subject:
Olds, Robin 1922-2007  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Personal narratives, American
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Battle -- My early years -- Pilot training -- Off to war -- A Small event called D-Day -- The Heat of many battles -- Victories -- at last! -- Mustangs and mayhem -- R&R, second tour, and home -- Going home -- Life in the fast lane -- Exchange with the RAF 1948 -- F-86s at March Field, the Pitts, and Stewart -- Landstuhl to Libya -- Pentagon to Shaw -- The Phantom and the war -- Bolo -- Rolling thunder -- The Ending battle -- The Painful way home -- The Academy -- IG and out -- Final landing
Summary:
A biography of top fighter pilot and squadron commander Robin Olds--who arrived in Vietnam in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them.
Topic:
Fighter pilots  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975  Search this
Generals  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_986920