- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
This WWII fighter pilot memoir recounts the author's many exploits as a flying ace during WWII in the Normandy invasions, the Battle for France and beyond. Born in Minneapolis in 1916, William R. Dunn decided to become a fighter pilot at the age of twelve. In 1939 he joined the Canadian Army and was soon transferred to the Royal Air Force. As part of the RAF's famous Eagle Squadron, Dunn was sent to Europe to fight in the Second World War. Flying Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires, he was the first Eagle Squadron pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft. When he later transferred to the US Army Air Forces, he became the first American ace of the war. Lieutenant Colonel Dunn saw action in the Normandy invasion and in Patton's sweep across France. Twenty years later he fought again in Vietnam. In this lively memoir, Dunn keenly conveys the fighter pilot's experience of war—the tension of combat, the love of aircraft, the elation of victory, the boisterous comradeship and competition of the pilot brotherhood.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue: The Early Years
- 1. The Ladies from Hades
- 2. First from the Eyries
- 3. Baptism to Air Battle
- 4. For the King’s Shilling
- 5. The Ace
- 6. Holiday at the Seaside
- 7. In the Eye of the Storm
- 8. Air Offensive Europe
- 9. D-Day and Operation Overlord
- 10. The Battle for France
- 11. War in the Far East
- Epilogue: The Later Years
- Appendix: The War Birds
- Index
- Illustrations