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Olds, Robin, 1922-2007.
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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.
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Fighter pilot : the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds / Robin Olds, with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus.
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Olds, Robin, 1922-2007.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010.
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.
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9780312560232 :
Description:
xiv, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Battle -- My early years -- Pilot training -- Off to war -- A Small event called D-Day -- The Heat of many battles -- Victories--at last! -- Mustangs and mayhem -- R&R, second tour, and home -- Going home -- Life in the fast lane -- Exchange with the RAF 1948 -- F-86s at March Field, the Pitts, and Stewart -- Landstuhl to Libya -- Pentagon to Shaw -- The Phantom and the war -- Bolo -- Rolling thunder -- The Ending battle -- The Painful way home -- The Academy -- IG and out -- Final landing.
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A biography of top fighter pilot and squadron commander Robin Olds--who arrived in Vietnam in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them.
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