TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daso,Dik A.
TI  - Doolittle, aerospace visionary
T2  - Military profiles
SN  - 9781612340531
AV  - TL540.D62 D37 2003eb
U1  - 629.13/092 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brassey's
KW  - Doolittle, James Harold,
KW  - Doolittle, James Harold.
KW  - United States
KW  - Army Air Forces
KW  - Biography
KW  - fast
KW  - Air pilots
KW  - Generals
KW  - Aeronautics
KW  - History
KW  - Pilotes d'aéronef
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Généraux
KW  - Aéronautique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TRANSPORTATION
KW  - Aviation
KW  - Luftkampf
KW  - gnd
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - collective biographies
KW  - aat
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-127) and index; Chapter 1; Tough Upbringing; 3 --; Chapter 2; Reputation Building; 11 --; Chapter 3; Landing Blind; 24 --; Chapter 4; Fast Flying and Fuel; 32 --; Chapter 5; The Raid; 45 --; Chapter 6; World War II: The Young General; 67 --; Chapter 7; World War II: The Mature General; 83 --; Chapter 8; War's End and After; 97 --; Chapter 9; California and Conclusions; 108
N2  - On April 18, 1942, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led a flight of sixteen B-25 bombers off the flight deck of the USS Hornet on one of the most daring raids in U.S. military history, a low-level strike on Tokyo and other Japanese cities. For this heroic act, he received the Medal of Honor. But, as Dik Alan Daso convincingly argues, James H. Doolittle should be remembered as much more than a famous combat pilot. With a doctorate in aeronautics from MIT, he devoted his life to mastering the technical and practical intricacies of the most amazing new invention of his time, the airplane. In 1922, Doolit
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