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Product Identifiers
PublisherQuarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-100760332177
ISBN-139780760332177
eBay Product ID (ePID)60451609
Product Key Features
Book TitleRupert Red Two : a Fighter Pilot's Life from Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Aviation, Military
Publication Year2008
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJack Broughton
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight24.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-021896
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal358.4092 B
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisIn 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that didn't even exist when he first learned to fly. Along the way Colonel Broughton saw duty in virtually every fighter aircraft the Air Corps and then Air Force had to offer. He experienced the birth and coming of age of the U.S. Air Force and its bloodying in combat in Korea and Vietnam. In this, his third book, Broughton offers readers what is virtually a biography of the U. S. Air Force as it was experienced by one of its finest combat leaders. From his initial duty in postwar Germany as part of the American occupation, to air-to-air combat in Korea, to his command of the Thunderbirds and two combat tours in Vietnam, Broughton describes what it is to meet the enemy in the air--and to fly some of the best-known aircraft in combat. By the bestselling author of Thud Ridge and Going Downtown ., The story of the U. S. Air Force, and of some of its best-known aircraft, in terms of the career of one of its finest combat leaders., In 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that didn't even exist when he first learned to fly. Along the way Colonel Broughton saw duty in virtually every fighter aircraft the Air Corps and then Air Force had to offer.. .He experienced the birth and coming of age of the U.S. Air Force and its bloodying in combat in Korea and Vietnam. In this, his third book, Broughton offers readers what is virtually a biography of the U. S. Air Force as it was experienced by one of its finest combat leaders...From his initial duty in postwar Germany as part of the American occupation, to air-to-air combat in Korea, to his command of the Thunderbirds and two combat tours in Vietnam, Broughton describes what it is to meet the enemy in the air--and to fly some of the best-known aircraft in combat. By the bestselling author of Thud Ridge and Going Downtown.
LC Classification NumberUG626.2.B76A3 2008
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- 30. Apr. 2022
Great Aviation Non Fiction.
Third book by Jack Broughton, fills in many gaps in his life and career after "Going Downtown" and the classic, "Thud Ridge".Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Jan. 2018
A very memorable read
An excellent read. Great facts about the life of a fighter pilot from his graduation from USMC West Point until his retirement from the USAF. I highly recommend th book. Col Broughton was my squadron Commander at Minot AfB in the early 60’s.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
