02824nam 2200517 450 991081662860332120170924174703.01-4930-2288-1(CKB)3710000000846758(EBL)4503910(MiAaPQ)EBC4503910(EXLCZ)99371000000084675820160914h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAmerican hero the true story of Tommy Hitchcock : sports star, war hero, and champion of the war-winning P-51 Mustang /Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. ; prologue and epilogue by Richard L. JacksonGuildford, Connecticut :Lyons Press,2016.©20161 online resource (373 p.)Includes index.1-4930-2287-3 Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter One. Aiken, Westbury, and St. Paul's School, 1900-1917; Chapter Two. France, 1917-1918; Chapter Three. Germany, 1918; Chapter Four. Freedom, 1918-1922; Chapter Five. New York, 1922-1927; Chapter Six. Courtship and Marriage, 1927-1929; Chapter Seven. The Thirties; Chapter Eight. Washington and London, 1940-1944; Epilogue: Tommy Hitchcock's Role in the Battle of the Atlantic; Appendix: Memories of a Hero; IndexTommy Hitchcock: An American Hero intertwines the private lives of Tommy Hitchcock, an enormously wealthy socialite, and such notables as Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Averell Harriman, Ambassador to England Gil Winant, FDR, and General Hap Arnold, commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. Tommy also flew for the Lafayette Escadrille during the Great War, getting shot down by the Germans and then escaping to Switzerland. A true hero, during WWII he reenlisted and successfully cajoled the Army Air Forces into adopting the P-51 as a high-altitude fighter escort, thereby saving the lives oPolo playersUnited StatesBiographyBankersUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1914-1918Air pilots, MilitaryWorld War, 1939-1945Air pilots, MilitaryMustang (Fighter plane)Merlin enginesDesign and constructionHistoryPolo playersBankersWorld War, 1914-1918Air pilots, Military.World War, 1939-1945Air pilots, Military.Mustang (Fighter plane)Merlin enginesDesign and constructionHistory.940.5481092Aldrich Nelson W.1618287Jackson Richard L.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816628603321American hero3949917UNINA