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Calculated risk : the extraordinary life of Jimmy Doolittle, aviation pioneer and World War II hero : a memoir / by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes.

by Hoppes, Jonna Doolittle, 1950-

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Santa Monica, CA : Santa Monica Press, c2005.

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993.

United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.

Generals -- United States -- Biography.

Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.

Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004029814.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2004029814-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2004029814-d.html

334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Introduction -- Preflight -- Instrument takeoff -- Wing and a prayer -- Final approach -- Mission accomplished.

Famous for leading the Tokyo Raid, America's first strike against Japan in World War II, Jimmy Doolittle lived a remarkable life as an American pilot. This firsthand account by his granddaughter reveals an extraordinary individual--a scientist with a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from MIT, an aviation pioneer who was the first to fly across the United States in less than 24 hours and the first to fly "blind" (using only his plane's instruments), a barnstormer well known for aerobatics, a popular racing pilot who won every major air race at least once, recipient of both the Congressional Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom, a four-star general, and commander of the 8th, 12th, and 15th Air Forces. This memoir provides insights into the public and private world of Jimmy Doolittle and his family and sheds light on the drives and motivations of one of America's most influential and ambitious aviators.

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