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This is the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival-at-sea. With the world in peril in World War II, each man set aside great success and comfort to return to the skies for his most daring mission yet. Doolittle, a brilliant aviation innovator, would lead the daring Tokyo Raid to retaliate for Pearl Harbour; Lindbergh, hero of the first solo flight across the Atlantic, would fly combat missions in the South Pacific; and Rickenbacker, World War I flying ace, would bravely hold his crew together while facing near-starvation and circling sharks after his plane went down in a remote part of the Pacific. Groom's rich narrative tells their intertwined stories-from broken homes to Medals of Honour (all three would receive it); barnstorming to the greatest raid of World War II; front-page triumph to anguished tragedy; and near-death to ultimate survival-as all took to the sky, time and again, to become exemplars of the spirit of the greatest generation.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Military history

• Full title: Aviators
• Author: Winston Groom
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• EAN: 9781426213694
• ISBN: 1426213697
• ID: 05075655
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Weight: 530 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 230 × 37 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. April 2015

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