An American Glider Pilot's Story
Author : Gale Richard Ammerman
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 12,10 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Air pilots, Military
ISBN : 9781576382158
Author : Gale Richard Ammerman
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 12,10 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Air pilots, Military
ISBN : 9781576382158
Author : Gale Ammerman
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,48 MB
Release : 2008-08-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781435749528
Memoir of a U.S. Army Air Forces glider pilot in World War II. After training he joined the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, in July 1943. He flew gliders into combat during the Normandy (D-Day - Overlord) invasion, Holland (Operation Market Garden), and the Rhine crossing operations, and his accounts of these episodes are detailed and riveting. 61,000 words, 26 photos, 40 documents.
Author : Gale R Ammerman
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 2020-09-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781716557101
This is the story of one American glider pilot in World War II. After enlisting in the Army in May 1941, Gale went through basic training and airplane mechanic instruction. In 1942 he volunteered for glider pilot training, going to South Plains Army Flying School, Lubbock, Texas, and later Bowman Field, receiving ground combat training since glider pilots might be required to fight as infantry after a combat landing. In 1943 he joined the 436th Troop Carrier Group and after more training, the unit set off for England on 24 December 1943. Gale then flew gliders into combat during the Normandy invasion, Holland and Rhine crossing operations, and his accounts of these episodes are detailed and riveting. You will not soon forget the story of a young man who went off to war as a member of one of the most dangerous occupations of any combat arm. 65 photos/documents. A Merriam Press World War 2 Autobiography.
Author : Gale Richard Ammerman
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Air pilots, Military
ISBN : 1576382141
Author : Michael Skidmore
Publisher :
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2020-08-14
Category :
ISBN :
The Story of U.S. Army Air Corps Glider Pilots in World War II, from the 91st TCS - 439th TCG during World War II.
Author : S. W. Maynes
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 2006-09-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781419651373
Author : Scott McGaugh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 31,70 MB
Release : 2023-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1472852966
The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by a New York Times bestselling author. A story of no guns, no engines and no second chances. This book distills war down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders made of plywood, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a cable wrapped with telephone wire. Based on their after-action reports, journals, oral histories, and letters home, this book reveals every terrifying minute of their missions. They were all volunteers, for a specialized duty that their own government projected would have a 50 percent casualty rate. None faltered. In every major European invasion of the war they led the way. They landed their gliders ahead of the troops who stormed Omaha Beach, and sometimes miles ahead of the paratroopers bound for the far side of the Rhine River in Germany itself. From there, they had to hold their positions. They delivered medical teams, supplies and gasoline to troops surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge, ahead even of Patton's famous supply truck convoy. These all-volunteer glider pilots played a pivotal role in liberating the West from tyranny, from the day the Allies invaded Occupied Europe to the day Germany finally surrendered. Yet the story of these anonymous heroes is virtually unknown. Here it is told in full – a story which epitomizes courage and sacrifice.
Author : J. Norman Grim
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 38,8 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1438904843
Life, love, heartache and love again. Some real, some imagined - all with very real emotion.
Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Air pilots, Military
ISBN : 0938021958
Author : Joe Karam
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780997355307
One man's discovery into soaring flight. An aviation memoir written for prospective and novice pilots as well as anyone who hasn't stopped dreaming and daring. Praised as "insightful" and "revealing" by Thomas L. Knauff, member of the United States Soaring Hall of Fame and glider pilot from the 1999 motion picture The Thomas Crown Affair.