fighter pilots

Includes stories about military fighter pilots whose main role is to protect the countries they serve, while flying advanced aircraft travelling at the speed of sound.

The story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown. Tom Hudner was a White New Englander from the country-club scene. Jesse Brown was African American and a sharecropper's son from Mississippi. Tom and Jesse became a team when they joined forces as wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32. Their job was to land their planes on the deck of an aircraft carrier--considered the world's most dangerous job. When the Korean War becomes a reality, Tom and Jesse come to the aid of the Marines cornered in the Chosin Reservoir Battle. When one of them is shot down behind enemy lines, and pinned in his burning plane, the other faces an unthinkable choice: watch his friend die or attempt history's most audacious one-man rescue mission.

Presents Roald Dahl's first published story in which friendly little gremlins help a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in World War II, and includes an account of attempts by Walt Disney and Dahl to make a movie based on the book.

In The Red Baron, graphic artist and author Wayne Vansant illustrates the incredible story of Manfred von Richthofen, whose unparalleled piloting prowess as a member of the Imperial German Army Air Service made him a World War I celebrity both in the air and on the ground. Vansant beautifully depicts the fearsome intelligence and mid-flight awareness that would earn Richthofen 80 air combat victories--from his rough beginnings, to the years he spent commanding Jasta 11 from the cockpit of his fabled red plane, to his eventual leadership of the infamous "Flying Circus," named for the group's colorful aircraft and mobile airfields.

Presents combat accounts from and biographical information and statistics on America's fighter aces of World War I; USAAF, Navy, and Marine aces of World War II's Pacific and European theaters; Korean War aces; and Vietnam War aces; and also covers several significant enemy aces.

Zak and Zoe are fascinated to discover that their grandfather flew a Spitfire fighter plane during the Battle of Britain in World War II, and through the vivid memories of the twins' grandparents and their WWII friends, the twins find out about the experiences of fghter pilots, women's anti-aircraft gun crews, and schoolchildren of the time.

Profiles great pilots from around the world including their accomplishments, biographical details, branch or service, rank, unit, important military engagements, and service awards.

A personal diary written during World War I by the German war ace, also known as "The Red Baron.".

Biography of Eugene Jacques Bullard, the world's first black fighter pilot. Discusses Eugene's early life in racist Georgia and how he fled to France, joined the French Foreign Legion, learned to fly, and distinguished himself in both World War I and World War II.

Focuses on Ezra's interaction with the pilot Hera Syndulla.