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020 $a1585445541 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781585445547 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aD606$b.B36 2007
082 00 $a940.4/4973092$aB$222
100 1 $aBallard, Jack S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80089376
245 10 $aWar bird ace :$bthe Great War exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley /$cJack Stokes Ballard.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A & M University Press,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $axvi, 208 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aC.A. Brannen series ;$vno. 8
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-200) and index.
520 1 $a"Captain Field E. Kindley, with the famous Eddie Rickenbacker, was one of America's foremost World War I flying aces. Like Rickenbacker's, Kindley's story is one of fierce dogfights, daring aerial feats, and numerous brushes with death. Yet unlike Rickenbacker's, Kindley's story has not been fully told until now." "Field Kindley flew with the famous "War Birds" who trained in England and gained experience with the RAF before providing leadership for the U.S. Air Service. Flying Sopwith Camels throughout his war career, Kindley was the fourth-ranking American air ace, with twelve kills in close, air-to-air combat. His exploits earned him a Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster from the United States and a Distinguished Flying Cross from the British government. By the end of the war, Kindley was showing signs of flight fatigue, but he declined leave in order to assure a postwar career in the Air Service. He was called to testify before Congress about the need to maintain aerial preparedness after the war." "In February 1920, after assuming command of Rickenbacker's famous 94[superscript th] Aero Squadron at Kelly Field in San Antonio, Kindley led a practice drill during which some enlisted men unwittingly entered the bombing target area. "Buzzing" the troops to warn them off the field, he somehow lost control of his plane and died in the ensuing crash." "Using arduously gathered primary male-rials, as well as drawing from other accounts of Great War aces, Jack Ballard has told at last the story of this little-known hero from the glory days of aerial warfare."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aKindley, Field Eugene,$d1896-1920.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006050913
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bAir Service.$bAero Squadron, 148th.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006050929
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAerial operations, American$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xRegimental histories$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113788
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns$zFrance.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148247
650 0 $aFighter pilots$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103715
830 0 $aC.A. Brannen series ;$vno. 8.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006021612.html
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