Jesse Leroy Brown was born in 1926 to sharecroppers in the segregated South. An outstanding student and top athlete, he set his sights on becoming a Navy pilot despite the resistance of his family and the rampant Jim Crow laws. Brown went on to become the first black man to fly a Navy fighter and make a carrier landing. Based on archival documents and interviews with those who knew Brown, this is both a stirring story of a man breaking historic racial barriers and a thrilling tale of naval carrier aviation and combat. This is a very nice paperback book.
Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his...
To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace (Leather Edition)
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Description: The flying life of a real American Hero. C.E. "Bud" Anderson tells his story in terms that every reader will thoroughly enjoy. Fly along...