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- catalog abstract "In 1940 seven Americans volunteered for the British Royal Air Force in time to fly and fight in the Battle of Britain. Within a year, by the time the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States abruptly into World War II, 243 other Americans flew for the Royal Air Force in three Eagle Squadrons, units that in early 1942 became the nucleus of the United States Army Air Force's 4th Fighter Group. American combat in the European and Mediterranean theaters of. World War II took on many dimensions, and Jerome Klinkowitz gathers for the first time important portions of over a hundred accounts of the European air war as written or told by the flyers themselves. This series of memoires begins with the accounts of Art Donahue, a Minnesota farm boy who lived long enough to write about his part in the war in Tally-Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire. Within a year Donahue had been joined by over two hundred of his countrymen, some of whom had. Been inspired by his book to serve in the RAF. Here came the fighter jocks, from John Godrey to Chuck Yeager, some of whom would be as flamboyant in their writing as in their flying. Then came the bombers, massive formations of appropriately named Flying Fortresses that with their ten-man crews carried the air war into Germany. Here everyone had a story, too, from Bomb Group Commander Beirne Lay Jr. to top turret gunner John Comer. And from each crew station the story. Was a bit different, from holding steady on a bomb run through nightmare flak to nursing a wounded buddy all the way back to base in England.".
- catalog contributor b9340238.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Been inspired by his book to serve in the RAF. Here came the fighter jocks, from John Godrey to Chuck Yeager, some of whom would be as flamboyant in their writing as in their flying. Then came the bombers, massive formations of appropriately named Flying Fortresses that with their ten-man crews carried the air war into Germany. Here everyone had a story, too, from Bomb Group Commander Beirne Lay Jr. to top turret gunner John Comer. And from each crew station the story.".
- catalog description "In 1940 seven Americans volunteered for the British Royal Air Force in time to fly and fight in the Battle of Britain. Within a year, by the time the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States abruptly into World War II, 243 other Americans flew for the Royal Air Force in three Eagle Squadrons, units that in early 1942 became the nucleus of the United States Army Air Force's 4th Fighter Group. American combat in the European and Mediterranean theaters of.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. Vets -- Ch. 1. Eagles -- Ch. 2. Fighter Jocks -- Ch. 3. Bombers -- Ch. 4. Mediterranean Theater -- Conclusion. Victims.".
- catalog description "Was a bit different, from holding steady on a bomb run through nightmare flak to nursing a wounded buddy all the way back to base in England.".
- catalog description "World War II took on many dimensions, and Jerome Klinkowitz gathers for the first time important portions of over a hundred accounts of the European air war as written or told by the flyers themselves. This series of memoires begins with the accounts of Art Donahue, a Minnesota farm boy who lived long enough to write about his part in the war in Tally-Ho! Yankee in a Spitfire. Within a year Donahue had been joined by over two hundred of his countrymen, some of whom had.".
- catalog extent "x, 148 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Yanks over Europe.".
- catalog identifier "0813119618".
- catalog isFormatOf "Yanks over Europe.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Yanks over Europe.".
- catalog spatial "Eastern Front.".
- catalog spatial "Europe.".
- catalog spatial "Western Front.".
- catalog subject "940.54/21/092 20".
- catalog subject "D790 .K565 1996".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Eastern Front.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Europe.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Western Front.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. Vets -- Ch. 1. Eagles -- Ch. 2. Fighter Jocks -- Ch. 3. Bombers -- Ch. 4. Mediterranean Theater -- Conclusion. Victims.".
- catalog title "Yanks over Europe : American flyers in World War II / Jerome Klinkowitz.".
- catalog type "Personal narratives American. fast".
- catalog type "text".