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LEADER: 01945cam a2200349 i 4500
001 2014049593
003 DLC
005 20151015080854.0
008 150105s2015 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014049593
020 $a9780786497379 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $z9781476619460 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dD LC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aUG1173$b.S94 2015
082 00 $a358.4/18097309041$223
100 1 $aSweeting, C. G.
245 10 $aUnited States Army aviators' equipment, 1917/1945 /$cC.G. Sweeting.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2015]
300 $av, 341 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aOriginally published: Combat flying equipment : U.S. Army aviators' personal equipment, 1917-1945 / C.G. Sweeting. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1989.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 327-328) and index.
505 0 $aHuman engineering -- Oxygen equipment -- Military parachutes -- Armor for aviators -- Anti-G garments and pressure suits -- Survival equipment -- Miscellaneous equipment -- Abbreviations.
520 $a"Six decades after World War II, we know that the margin between Allied victory and defeat was narrower than many realized, but less well known are the technological developments that made victory possible. This book describes how American airmen became the best-outfitted aviators of the war, tracing the development of personal equipment used by U.S. air forces"--$cProvided by publisher.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces$xEquipment$xHistory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces$xAviation$xSafety measures$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xEquipment and supplies.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEquipment and supplies.