General James H. Doolittle - The Air Force's Warrior-Scholar

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Автор: George M. Watson

Название: General James H. Doolittle - The Air Force's Warrior-Scholar

Издательство: Air Force History and Museums Program

Год: 2008

Формат: PDF

Страниц: 27

Язык: Английский

Размер: 42.1 MB

Air Force Sixtieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Picture a man who was born before the flight of the first airplane, who spent time in Alaska during its early twentieth-century gold rush, and who became a superb pugilist, holding hos own against ranked professionals. This same man joined the Army Air Service during World War 1 and made his first solo flight after just a few hours of training. Several years later, he earned academic degrees at one of the Nation's most prestigious institutions, and, while setting all types of speed records in a multitude of aircraft, was involved in designing and testing many innovative aviation enhancements. During World War 2, this same man flew the lead bomber in a flight that delivered the firs retaliatory blow against the Japanese home islands. As commander of the Twelfth Air Force, he was involved in the North African campaign, striking at the Third Reich from the Mediterranean. Then, as commander of the mighty Eighth Air Force, he headed to England, where his fighter pilots achieved air superiority over the Luftwaffe. Lastly, in September 1945, he witnessed the Japanese surrender on the battleship Missouri.