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Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II / / by Sarah Byrn Rickman



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Autore: Rickman Sarah Byrn Visualizza persona
Titolo: Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II / / by Sarah Byrn Rickman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Denton, Tex., : University of North Texas Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54/4973092
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Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 - Transportation - United States
Air pilots - United States
Women air pilots - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-319) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Photographs of Nancy Harkness Love; Foreword by Deborah G. Douglas; Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1: Learning to Fly; Chapter 2: Learning to Live; Chapter 3: Stretching Her Wings; Chapter 4: Tricycle Gear Test Pilot; Chapter 5: War in Europe!; Chapter 6: Wanted: Ferry Pilots; Chapter 7: Two Women Pilot Groups; Chapter 8: The Originals Gather; Chapter 9: Growing Pains; Chapter 10: Killed in Service of Her Country; Chapter 11: Transport and Transition; Chapter 12: A B-17 Bound for England; Chapter 13: Change in the Air; Chapter 14: Pursuit School
Chapter 15: The Quest for MilitarizationChapter 16: In Pursuit, Coast to Coast; Chapter 17: Militarization Denied; Chapter 18: Denouement of the WASP; Chapter 19: Flying the Hump; Chapter 20: Peace, Prosperity, and Parenthood; Chapter 21: Life on the Vineyard; Chapter 22: Empty Nest; Chapter 23: Fighting Spirit; Epilogue; Appendix: Biographical Overview of Nancy Harkness Love; Endnotes; Glossary of Military and Airplane Terms; Glossary of Airplane Types; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: She flew the swift P-51 and the capricious P-38, but the heavy, four-engine B-17 bomber and C-54 transport were her forte. This is the story of Nancy Harkness Love who, early in World War II, recruited and led the first group of twenty-eight women to fly military aircraft for the US Army.
Titolo autorizzato: Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-07535-7
9786612075353
1-57441-375-9
1-4416-0915-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818356703321
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Serie: North Texas military biography and memoir series ; ; no. 4.