An edition of Five down and glory (1958)

Five Down and Glory

A History of the American Air Ace

by

Cover of: Five Down and Glory by Gene Gurney, Gene Gurney
Read Listen

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
Notes

Download Options

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
September 27, 2020 | History
Edit
An edition of Five down and glory (1958)

Five Down and Glory

A History of the American Air Ace

by

This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?

Publish Date
Publisher
Putnam
Language
English
Pages
302

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects

Aerial operations, American Aerial operations, Korean War, 1950-1953, Medals, Military decorations, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945

Places

United States
Edition Availability
Cover of: Five Down and Glory
Five Down and Glory
August 12, 1987, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Five Down and Glory
Five Down and Glory
December 12, 1982, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Five down and glory
Five down and glory: a history of the American air ace.
1972, Arno Press, Ayer Co Pub
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Five Down and Glory
Five Down and Glory: A History of the American Air Ace
1958, Putnam
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9
Foreword by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker 13
A Definition: The Ace 15
1 In the Beginning 21
2 Lafayette Escadrille 29
3 America in World War I 45
4 The Flying Tigers 65
5 The Eagle Squadron 78
6 Navy-World War II 90
7 Marines-World War II 112
8 Far East Theatre in World War II 130
9 China-Burma-India 155
10 North Africa and Mediterranean— World War II 174
11 Britain and Europe— 8th Air Force 192
12 Korean Conflict 238
13 In Conclusion 254
Appendices;
Congressional Medal of Honor Aces 261
Post-World War I Aces 272
World War I Official Summary of Air Operations 280
World Wars I, II and Korean Conflict Top Aces 282
World War II Selected Army Air Force Statistics 297
World War U Selected Naval Aviation Statistics 298
Korean Conflict Statistics 299
Bibliography 301
16 pages of illustrations will be found following page 160.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliography.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
358.4, 358*
Library of Congress
UG633 .G79

The Physical Object

Pagination
302 p.
Number of pages
302

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6227456M
Internet Archive
FiveDownAndGlory
LCCN
57014525
OCLC/WorldCat
7644130
Library Thing
527324

Source records

marc_openlibraries_phillipsacademy MARC record
marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

This work does not appear on any lists.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 6, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added subjects from MARC records.
December 5, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added subjects from MARC records.
December 10, 2009 Created by WorkBot add works page