Searching for Lost Warbirds in Florida Volume 2
Title | Searching for Lost Warbirds in Florida Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Widner |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 2012-04-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1105707180 |
Volume 2 of Searching for Lost Warbirds in Florida.
Searching for Lost Warbirds in Florida, volume 1
Title | Searching for Lost Warbirds in Florida, volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Widner |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 2012-02-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1105550281 |
"For wreckchasers and aviation archaeologists in the southern states, Bob Widner's Searching for Lost Warbirds in Florida is a goldmine of information. This unique book has done the research on more than 50 World War II aircraft crashes, providing the details along with aerial maps of the area then, and aerial maps showing the crash site today. Searching for Lost Warbirds in Florida puts you in the field, this weekend, visiting historic aircraft crash sites." - Nicholas A. Veronico author of Wreckchasing 101: A Guide to Finding Aircraft Crash Sites
Clark Air Force Base & Camp Wallace 1950 - '52
Title | Clark Air Force Base & Camp Wallace 1950 - '52 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Widner |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2017-01-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1365704416 |
Clark Field was the first US military airfield in the Philippines. Before Clark there was Fort Stotsenberg, an early US military facility in the Philippines, built in 1902 after the Spanish-American War, the briefest war the US has fought; four months in 1898. Spain ceded to the US the islands of Cuba and Guam and the Philippine archipelago of 7,000 islands. When airplanes were included in the military arsenal, Clark Field was established adjacent to Ft. Stotsenberg. All of our military sites were turned over to the Republic of the Philippines in 1991. When the US Air Force was created in Sept 1947, the name was changed to Clark Air Force Base, and later to Clark Air Base.
Hidden Warbirds
Title | Hidden Warbirds PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas A. Veronico |
Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2013-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1610588118 |
“If you only have room in your collection for one book on WWII-era warbird wreck histories and recoveries, then it should be this one. . . . Fascinating.” —Alan Griffith, author of Consolidated Mess Aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico has been investigating and writing about aircraft wrecks for many years. His website, wreckchasing.com, is the go-to source for enthusiasts who want to know more about how to locate vintage airplane wrecks and then tell their stories. In this engaging new book, Veronico explores the romantic era of World War II Warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks, including the “Swamp Ghost” (a B-17E which crashed in New Guinea in the early days of World War II and which was only recently recovered), and “Glacier Girl” (a P-38, part of “The Lost Squadron,” which crashed in a large ice sheet in Greenland in 1942). Throughout, Veronico provides a history of the aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery with ample illustrations. Hidden Warbirds is aviation history at its best.
Hidden Warbirds II
Title | Hidden Warbirds II PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas A. Veronico |
Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2014-06-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1627881972 |
The continuation of World War II’s most intriguing new aviation series. In Hidden Warbirds II, the engaging follow-up to the critically acclaimed Hidden Warbirds, aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico further explores the romantic era of World War II warbirds and the stories of some of its most famous wrecks and recoveries. The long-long aircraft featured in this much-anticipated sequel include the Dotty Mae, a P-47 rescued from a lake in Austria; a Hawker Tempest being restored in Texas; and a Junker 88 recovered from the icy waters of Norway. Throughout the book, Veronico provides a history of each aircraft, as well as the unique story behind each discovery and recovery, all accompanied by incredible documentary photographs. With over 150 of these photographs, depicting more than 20 warbird stories spanning the world, Hidden Warbirds II triumphantly continues a nonfiction series that renowned military author Alan Griffith calls “a fascinating joy to read.”
Vanished
Title | Vanished PDF eBook |
Author | Wil S. Hylton |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2014-11-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1594632863 |
From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the wreckage wasn’t there. Witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety, yet the airmen were never seen again. Some of their relatives whispered that they had returned to the United States in secret and lived in hiding. But they never explained why. For sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the islands for clues. With every clue they found, the mystery only deepened. Now, in a spellbinding narrative, Wil S. Hylton weaves together the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance remained shrouded in secrecy for so long. This is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, and faith—of the undying hope among the families of the missing, and the relentless determination of scientists, explorers, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to solve one of the enduring mysteries of World War II.
Warbirds Of World War II [DVD]
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