W. Gordon Schmitt

Pan Am Ferry Tales

A World War II Aviation Memoir

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Produktbeschreibung

During World War II, an eccentric band of barnstormers, stunt flyers and commercial pilots joined military recruits to form the Pan American Air Ferries. These civilian pilots helped develop a strategically crucial and highly efficient system for shuttling aircraft to Allied forces around the world that contributed significantly to key campaigns throughout the war. W. Gordon Schmitt's engaging, often amusing memoir recounts the close calls and indelible characters he encountered as navigator in the PAAF, from Brazil to Africa to the Middle East and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781476686820
• ISBN-10: 1476686823
• Artikelnr.: 64635295

Autorenporträt

The late W. Gordon Schmitt served as a navigator for the Pan American Air Ferries and later the U.S. Air Force from 1942 to 1945.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Editor's Introduction by Peter Schmitt One.
The War Approaches Two.
A Troubling Diagnosis Three.
Taking Off Four.
Training in Miami Five.
On Our Way: Port o' Spain, Belém, Natal Six.
Crossing the Atlantic: Destination, Africa Seven.
Kano to Khartoum, Cairo to Tehran Eight.
Back in the States Nine.
Ascension Ten.
The Dark Continent: Incident at Kano Eleven.
"You're in the Army Now!" Twelve.
The Northern Route: Through Iceland to Scotland Thirteen.
Close Calls in Nashville Fourteen.
Adventures with the "Fireball Express" Fifteen.
Characters Unforgettable Sixteen.
May 1945: Going Home! Postscript: An Essay Contest "What I Consider Requisites for a Private Pilot" Index