The millionaires' unit : the aristocratic flyboys who fought the Great War and invented America's airpower /: the aristocratic flyboys who fought the Great War and invented America's airpower. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marc Wortman.
• Other Names: Wortman, Marc (Marc Josef)
• Contents: I. EARTH. New Haven, June 3, 1916: sand -- Gales Ferry, June 3-18, 1916: preparation -- Gales Ferry, June 18-23, 1916: the race -- Peacock Point, Jul-Sep 1916: a new life -- New Haven, Fall 1916: the Yale Aero Club -- New Haven, Jan-Mar 1917: We're off -- II. AIR. Palm Beach, Apr-May 1917: The Wags -- Palm Beach, Apr 19, 1917: The Tap -- Huntington, June-July 1917: flights of romance -- Huntington, July 28, 1917: broken wings -- France, Aug-Sep 1917: we are so green -- America, Sep 1917: building an Air Force -- Peacock Point, 1917-1918: the fallen leader -- France, Fall 1917: a Parisian education -- Le Croisic, Nov 1917: game to end -- Felixstowe, Feb 1918: The Spider Web -- England and Scotland, Winter 1917-1918: getting the wind up -- III. FIRE. Dunkirk, Winter-Spring 1918: on the edge -- Dunkirk, Mar-Apr 1918: flaming onions -- Paris, St. Inglevert, May-Jun 1918: the Northern Bombing Group -- Dunkirk, May-July 1918: Mournful Mary -- The Alps, Jul-Aug 1918: O, mia nosediva -- Couderkerque, Aug-Sep 1918: The Ace -- Couderkerque, Oct 1918: The Lone Wolf -- Villingen, Nov 1918: flight -- Schoore, Dec 1918: this long separation -- IV. HOME. 1919 and after: the decisive power -- Epilogue, New Haven, 2006.
• Publisher Details: New York : PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 940.44/973; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France; Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History; Upper class -- United States; Private flying -- United States -- Societies, etc; College students -- United States; HISTORY -- Military -- World War I; Military operations, Aerial -- American; Aeronautics, Military; College students; Military campaigns; Private flying -- Societies, etc; Upper class; France; United States; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781586485443
• Related ISBNs: 158648544X; 9781586483289; 1586483285; 9781586484446; 1586484443
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-302) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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