Format:
Book
Title:
Fighter pilot : the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds / Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus.
Author:
Olds, Robin, 1922-2007.
Call Number:
358.40092 OLDS
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : St. Martin's Press, c2010.
Description:
xiv, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ?b ill. ; ?c 25 cm.
Subjects:
Olds, Robin, 1922-2007.
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Other Author:
Olds, Christina.
Rasimus, Ed.
Contents:
Preface -- Battle -- My early years -- Pilot training -- Off to war -- A small event called D-Day -- The heat of many battles -- Victories, at last! -- Mustangs & mayhem -- R&R, second tour & home -- Going home -- Life in the fast lane -- Exchange with the R.A.F. 1948 -- F-86s at March Field, the Pitts, and Stewart -- Landstuhl to Libya -- Pentagon to Shaw -- The Phantom & the war -- Bolo -- Rolling thunder -- The ending battle -- The painful way home -- The academy -- IG and out -- Final landing.
ISBN:
0312560230
9780312560232