Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 July 1943 July 1944

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Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 July 1943 July 1944

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Author : Anthony J. Mireles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 July 1943 July 1944 written by Anthony J. Mireles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Aircraft accidents categories.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 August 1944 December 1945 Appendices Indexes

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Author : Anthony J. Mireles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 August 1944 December 1945 Appendices Indexes written by Anthony J. Mireles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Aircraft accidents categories.

During World War II, the air over the continental United States was a virtual third front. The little-known statistics are alarming: the Army Air Forces lost more than 4,500 aircraft in combat against Japanese army and naval air forces in the war. During the same time, the AAF lost more than 7,100 aircraft in the United States to accidents in training and transportation. Such accidents claimed the lives of more than 15,530 pilots, crewmembers and ground personnel, and the stories of their deaths are largely forgotten. This work chronicles the 6,350 known fatal AAF aircraft accidents that occurred in the continental United States from January 1941 through December 1945. Each crash summary, based on official records, provides details such as crash location and cause, the people involved and the type and number of aircraft. An aircraft serial number index, a record of AAF aircraft still listed as missing, crash statistics and a directory of AAF stations in the United States are included.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 Introduction January 1941 June 1943

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Author : Anthony J. Mireles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 Introduction January 1941 June 1943 written by Anthony J. Mireles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Aircraft accidents categories.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945

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Author : Anthony J. Mireles
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2006-05-23

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 written by Anthony J. Mireles and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-23 with History categories.

During World War II, the air over the continental United States was a virtual third front. The little-known statistics are alarming: the Army Air Forces lost more than 4,500 aircraft in combat against Japanese army and naval air forces in the war. During the same time, the AAF lost more than 7,100 aircraft in the United States to accidents in training and transportation. Such accidents claimed the lives of more than 15,530 pilots, crewmembers and ground personnel, and the stories of their deaths are largely forgotten. This work chronicles the 6,350 known fatal AAF aircraft accidents that occurred in the continental United States from January 1941 through December 1945. Each crash summary, based on official records, provides details such as crash location and cause, the people involved and the type and number of aircraft. An aircraft serial number index, a record of AAF aircraft still listed as missing, crash statistics and a directory of AAF stations in the United States are included.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 August 1944 December 1945 Appendices Indexes

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Author : Anthony J. Mireles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States 1941 1945 August 1944 December 1945 Appendices Indexes written by Anthony J. Mireles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.

During World War II, the air over the continental United States was a virtual third front. The little-known statistics are alarming: the Army Air Forces lost more than 4,500 aircraft in combat against Japanese army and naval air forces in the war. During the same time, the AAF lost more than 7,100 aircraft in the United States to accidents in training and transportation. Such accidents claimed the lives of more than 15,530 pilots, crewmembers and ground personnel, and the stories of their deaths are largely forgotten. This work chronicles the 6,350 known fatal AAF aircraft accidents that occurred in the continental United States from January 1941 through December 1945. Each crash summary, based on official records, provides details such as crash location and cause, the people involved and the type and number of aircraft. An aircraft serial number index, a record of AAF aircraft still listed as missing, crash statistics and a directory of AAF stations in the United States are included.

Historic Aircraft Wrecks Of San Diego County

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Author : G. Pat Macha
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-29

Historic Aircraft Wrecks Of San Diego County written by G. Pat Macha and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-29 with History categories.

Clear weather and a natural harbor made San Diego an early aviation hub, but success in flight came with devastating tragedies. The remains of more than four hundred aircrafts lie scattered across the county's deserts and mountains. Experts estimate that dozens more are on the ocean floor off the coast. In 1922, army pilot Charles F. Webber's DeHavilland biplane went missing over Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. In 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 178 collided midair over San Diego and crashed in the residential North Park neighborhood, claiming the lives of 144 people in what was the worst airline disaster of the era. Author and aircraft accident research specialist G. Pat Macha recounts these and other stories of astonishing survival, heroism and heartbreaking fatality.

Historic Aircraft Wrecks Of San Bernardino County

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Author : G. Pat Macha
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-09-24

Historic Aircraft Wrecks Of San Bernardino County written by G. Pat Macha and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-24 with History categories.

Weather, darkness and twists of fate have contributed to more than three hundred airplane crashes in San Bernardino County, California. Many of these accidents occurred in the vast Mojave Desert, others on the cloud-shrouded, snow-capped mountains of the largest county in the lower forty-eight states. Searches often were labored yet fruitless, even for the privileged: Frank Sinatra's mother perished here in a downed plane. The quest for an aircraft containing $5,000 in cash has become the stuff of legend. Tales of survival in uninhabited, rugged landscapes have been especially harrowing. Join renowned aircraft-crash search specialist G. Pat Macha for dozens of sorrowful, triumphant, touching and surprising true stories of those who lived through the ordeals of plane crashes--and others who didn't.

Historic Aircraft Wrecks Of Los Angeles County

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Author : G. Pat Macha
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2014-11-18

Historic Aircraft Wrecks Of Los Angeles County written by G. Pat Macha and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-18 with History categories.

A century of aviation research and military flights over Los Angeles County has left the San Gabriel Mountains, Mojave Desert and the near-shore Pacific Ocean strewn with more than 1,500 aircraft crash sites. Barnstormers and test pilots too often made unexpected final landings. Accidents occurred on a nearly daily basis during World War II training maneuvers. Private planes, a sign of 1950s prosperity, also met tragic ends. These epic incidents include the 1971 tragedy of Flight 706 in which an airliner collided with a marine fighter jet above Mount Bliss, killing fifty people. Renowned aircraft crash search specialist G. Pat Macha recounts dozens of sorrowful, triumphant and surprising true stories of those who lived through these ordeals while offering touching tributes to those who did not.

Silent Invaders

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Author : Gary A. Best
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2017-05-17

Silent Invaders written by Gary A. Best and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-17 with History categories.

‘The guys would come into the glider like a bunch of piss-ants, skittering around, real cocky like. But they settled down in the glider. Some got airsick and they began thinking about what was ahead. One time we were fired on just as we were landing and exiting the glider and one of the boys was hit. His friends dragged him to cover beneath a tree. He looked up at me and said, “Take my rifle, I’m dying.” I reached down and took his weapon, and he slumped back and died. That was pretty tough...’ Combat gliders were called by some as ‘Death Crates’, ‘Purple Heart Boxes’, ‘Flying Coffins’ and ‘Tow Targets’. They were not pretty and had no graceful lines. Viewed from the front, they had a pug nose and a sloping Neanderthal forehead. Their wings looked like the heavily-starched ears of a jackrabbit placed at right angles on a canvas-covered frame. Twice the length of the body, these wings were eighty-four feet in length, 70 per cent as long as the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight at Kitty Hawk. They could not become airborne, let alone fly, unless assisted by an engine-powered tow plane. And for those riding in the back, it was like flying ‘through the gates of hell’. The men who were trained and assigned to guide gliders into battle were said to be the only pilots who had no motors, armament, parachutes and no second chances. Like the aircraft they commanded, they were called inglorious names such as The Bastards Nobody Wanted, Glider Gladiators in Wooden Chariots; Hybrid Jackasses and Glory Boys. Beautifully written, profoundly illustrated and researched, Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War is a work that is dedicated to those brave men under impossible odds from the British and American servicemen on D-Day, the doomed Operation Market Garden in Holland and Hitler’s radical commando raid to rescue Mussolini. Illustrations: 80 black-and-white photographs

The Army Air Forces In World War Ii Men And Planes

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948

The Army Air Forces In World War Ii Men And Planes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Electronic government information categories.