Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II / / by Sarah Byrn Rickman
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| Autore: |
Rickman Sarah Byrn
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| Titolo: |
Nancy Love and the WASP ferry pilots of World War II / / by Sarah Byrn Rickman
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
North Texas military biography and memoir series ; ; no. 4.