Silent Wings at War
Title | Silent Wings at War PDF eBook |
Author | John L. Lowden |
Publisher | Smithsonian Books (DC) |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The pilots were known as "suicide jockeys" and the aircraft they flew were called "flak bait." Towed behind modified bombers or transport aircraft, Allied combat gliders were used in some of the riskiest missions of World War II, landing miles behind enemy lines with specially trained assault forces. In "Silent Wings at War," John L. Lowden combines his own recollections with those of fellow veterans to create a vivid, gritty, jocose memoir of war as he and other glider pilots and their passengers knew it. These true tales of courage, as well as command blunders, make a substantial contribution to WWII literature.
Silent Wings at War
Title | Silent Wings at War PDF eBook |
Author | John L. Lowden |
Publisher | Smithsonian Books (DC) |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The pilots were known as "suicide jockeys" and the aircraft they flew were called "flak bait." Towed behind modified bombers or transport aircraft, Allied combat gliders were used in some of the riskiest missions of World War II, landing miles behind enemy lines with specially trained assault forces. In "Silent Wings at War," John L. Lowden combines his own recollections with those of fellow veterans to create a vivid, gritty, jocose memoir of war as he and other glider pilots and their passengers knew it. These true tales of courage, as well as command blunders, make a substantial contribution to WWII literature.
Silent Wings: the Saga of the U.S. Army and Marine Combat Glider Pilots During World War II.
Title | Silent Wings: the Saga of the U.S. Army and Marine Combat Glider Pilots During World War II. PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard M. Devlin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Gliders (Aeronautics) |
ISBN |
Silent Wings, Savage Death
Title | Silent Wings, Savage Death PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred J. Nigl |
Publisher | Silent Wings Savage Death |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | 9781882824311 |
Silent Wings
Title | Silent Wings PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard M. Devlin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Gliders (Aeronautics) |
ISBN |
World War II Glider Pilots
Title | World War II Glider Pilots PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Turner Publishing Company |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Air pilots, Military |
ISBN | 0938021958 |
Glidermen of Neptune
Title | Glidermen of Neptune PDF eBook |
Author | Charles J Masters |
Publisher | SIU Press |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1995-12-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780809320080 |
Masters has also assembled the finest existing collection of photographs of the American D-Day glider attack. These photographs - many of which have never before been publishedafford the opportunity to examine the inside of the combat gliders used on D-Day, to observe the glidermen in action, and to witness the often tragic consequences of the glider attack.