LEADER 02995nam 2200481 450 001 9910809444603321 005 20170925022245.0 010 $a1-63388-023-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000413885 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001499820 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12625310 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001499820 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11515699 035 $a(PQKB)11143732 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5900029 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000413885 100 $a20191024d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aYanks in the RAF $ethe story of maverick pilots and American volunteers who joined Britain's fight in WWII /$fDavid Alan Johnson 210 1$aAmherst, New York :$cPrometheus Books,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (281 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-63388-022-2 330 2 $a"This is the story of American volunteer pilots who risked their lives in defense of Britain during the earliest days of World War II--more than a year before Pearl Harbor, when the United States first became embroiled in the global conflict. Based on interviews, diaries, personal documents, and research in British, American, and German archives, David Alan Johnson has created a colorful portrait of this small group--our nation's first combatants in World War II. As the author's research shows, their motives were various: some were idealistic; others were simply restless and looking for adventure. And though the Royal Air Force needed pilots, cultural conflicts between the raw American recruits and their reserved British commanders soon became evident. Prejudices on both sides and lack of communication had to be overcome. Eventually, the American pilots were assembled into three fighter units known as the Eagle Squadrons. They saw action and suffered casualties in both England and France, notably in the attack on Dieppe. By September 1942, after America had entered the war, these now-experienced pilots were transferred to the US Air Force, bringing their expertise and their British Spitfires with them. As much social as military history, Yanks in the RAF sheds new light on a little-known chapter of World War II and the earliest days of the sometimes fractious British-American alliance"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British 607 $aGreat Britain$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zGreat Britain 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, British. 676 $a940.54/4941092313 686 $aHIS027100$aHIS027140$aHIS015000$2bisacsh 700 $aJohnson$b David Alan$f1950-$01610125 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809444603321 996 $aYanks in the RAF$94082034 997 $aUNINA