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Every day a nightmare [[electronic resource] ] : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 / / William H. Bartsch
| Every day a nightmare [[electronic resource] ] : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 / / William H. Bartsch |
| Autore | Bartsch William H. <1933-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (537 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.54/25982 |
| Collana | Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Indonesia - Java World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States Fighter pilots - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-05263-0
1-60344-246-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue. Never in our history has there been a time like the present -- Plans for reaching you quickly with pursuit are jeopardized -- We are virtually a floating ammunition dump -- We came 4,700 miles and are pigeon-holed! -- The news from Wavell is all bad -- There goes our ferry route -- Second lieutenants are expendable -- You are not forgotten men -- A collection of the worst landings I have ever seen -- I'm all shot to hell! -- These guys are really inexperienced -- Someone is crazy! This is murder! -- I deeply regret failure to hold Abda Area -- I was thoroughly enjoying myself -- Nothing will ever happen to me -- He was wholly unrecognizable -- How can we operate against such odds? -- Every day a nightmare! -- Nothing less than desertion -- Thousands of men gone completely mad -- Senseless in all senses -- Give us 24 hours to get out of this God-damned place! -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Table 1. Pilots of 21st Pursuit Squadron -- Table 2. Pilots of 34th Pursuit Squadron -- Table 3. Pilots of 35th pursuit group -- Table 4. Pilots of 14th, 20th and 51st pursuit groups -- Table 5. Philippines pursuit pilots sent to Australia -- Table 6. Pilots and aircraft of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 7. Pilots of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 8. Pilots and aircraft of 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 9. Pilots and aircraft of 33rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 10. Pilots of 13th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 11. Enlisted men of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 12. Enlisted men of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 13. Enlisted men of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 14. Personnel embarked on USS Langley -- Table 15. Japanese aircraft shot down or badly damaged. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458826903321 |
Bartsch William H. <1933->
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| College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Every day a nightmare [[electronic resource] ] : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 / / William H. Bartsch
| Every day a nightmare [[electronic resource] ] : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 / / William H. Bartsch |
| Autore | Bartsch William H. <1933-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (537 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.54/25982 |
| Collana | Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Indonesia - Java World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States Fighter pilots - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-299-05263-0
1-60344-246-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue. Never in our history has there been a time like the present -- Plans for reaching you quickly with pursuit are jeopardized -- We are virtually a floating ammunition dump -- We came 4,700 miles and are pigeon-holed! -- The news from Wavell is all bad -- There goes our ferry route -- Second lieutenants are expendable -- You are not forgotten men -- A collection of the worst landings I have ever seen -- I'm all shot to hell! -- These guys are really inexperienced -- Someone is crazy! This is murder! -- I deeply regret failure to hold Abda Area -- I was thoroughly enjoying myself -- Nothing will ever happen to me -- He was wholly unrecognizable -- How can we operate against such odds? -- Every day a nightmare! -- Nothing less than desertion -- Thousands of men gone completely mad -- Senseless in all senses -- Give us 24 hours to get out of this God-damned place! -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Table 1. Pilots of 21st Pursuit Squadron -- Table 2. Pilots of 34th Pursuit Squadron -- Table 3. Pilots of 35th pursuit group -- Table 4. Pilots of 14th, 20th and 51st pursuit groups -- Table 5. Philippines pursuit pilots sent to Australia -- Table 6. Pilots and aircraft of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 7. Pilots of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 8. Pilots and aircraft of 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 9. Pilots and aircraft of 33rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 10. Pilots of 13th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 11. Enlisted men of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 12. Enlisted men of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 13. Enlisted men of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 14. Personnel embarked on USS Langley -- Table 15. Japanese aircraft shot down or badly damaged. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791411203321 |
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Bartsch William H. <1933->
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| College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Every day a nightmare : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 / / William H. Bartsch
| Every day a nightmare : American pursuit pilots in the defense of Java, 1941-1942 / / William H. Bartsch |
| Autore | Bartsch William H. <1933-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (537 p.) |
| Disciplina | 940.54/25982 |
| Collana | Number 131: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Indonesia - Java World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States Fighter pilots - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-299-05263-0
1-60344-246-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue. Never in our history has there been a time like the present -- Plans for reaching you quickly with pursuit are jeopardized -- We are virtually a floating ammunition dump -- We came 4,700 miles and are pigeon-holed! -- The news from Wavell is all bad -- There goes our ferry route -- Second lieutenants are expendable -- You are not forgotten men -- A collection of the worst landings I have ever seen -- I'm all shot to hell! -- These guys are really inexperienced -- Someone is crazy! This is murder! -- I deeply regret failure to hold Abda Area -- I was thoroughly enjoying myself -- Nothing will ever happen to me -- He was wholly unrecognizable -- How can we operate against such odds? -- Every day a nightmare! -- Nothing less than desertion -- Thousands of men gone completely mad -- Senseless in all senses -- Give us 24 hours to get out of this God-damned place! -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Table 1. Pilots of 21st Pursuit Squadron -- Table 2. Pilots of 34th Pursuit Squadron -- Table 3. Pilots of 35th pursuit group -- Table 4. Pilots of 14th, 20th and 51st pursuit groups -- Table 5. Philippines pursuit pilots sent to Australia -- Table 6. Pilots and aircraft of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 7. Pilots of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 8. Pilots and aircraft of 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 9. Pilots and aircraft of 33rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 10. Pilots of 13th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 11. Enlisted men of 17th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 12. Enlisted men of 20th Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 13. Enlisted men of the 3rd Pursuit Squadron (provisional) -- Table 14. Personnel embarked on USS Langley -- Table 15. Japanese aircraft shot down or badly damaged. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827120803321 |
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Bartsch William H. <1933->
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| College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia / / Michael W. Hankins [[electronic resource]]
| Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia / / Michael W. Hankins [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Hankins Michael W. <1982-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 358.430973 |
| Collana |
Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history
Cornell scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Fighter planes - United States - History - 20th century
Fighter pilots - United States - History - 20th century Eagle (Jet fighter plane) - History F-16 (Jet fighter plane) - History |
| ISBN | 1-5017-6067-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces -- You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much) -- What We Mean When We Say "Fighter" -- The Right Fighter -- The Lord's Work -- Writing Heresy -- Zealots of the Classic Variety -- Kicking Vietnam Syndrome. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795758203321 |
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Hankins Michael W. <1982->
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia / / Michael W. Hankins [[electronic resource]]
| Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia / / Michael W. Hankins [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Hankins Michael W. <1982-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 358.430973 |
| Collana |
Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history
Cornell scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Fighter planes - United States - History - 20th century
Fighter pilots - United States - History - 20th century Eagle (Jet fighter plane) - History F-16 (Jet fighter plane) - History |
| ISBN | 1-5017-6067-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces -- You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much) -- What We Mean When We Say "Fighter" -- The Right Fighter -- The Lord's Work -- Writing Heresy -- Zealots of the Classic Variety -- Kicking Vietnam Syndrome. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813196203321 |
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Hankins Michael W. <1982->
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| Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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