Hero of the angry sky : the World War I diary and letters of David S. Ingalls, America's first naval ace / edited by Geoffrey L. Rossano ; foreword by William F. Trimble.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Hero of the Angry Sky draws on the unpublished diaries, correspondence, informal memoir, and other personal documents of the U.S. Navy's only flying "ace" of World War I to tell his unique story. David S. Ingalls was a prolific writer, and virtually all of his World War I aviation career is covered, from the teenager's early, informal training in Palm Beach, Florida, to his exhilarating and terrifying missions over the Western Front. This edited collection of Ingalls's writing details the career of the U.S. Navy's most successful combat flyer from that conflict. While Ingalls's wartime exp.

Introduction; 1: Training with the First Yale Unit; 2: Early Days in Europe; 3: With the RCF at Gosport, Turnberry, and Ayr; 4: On Patrol -- At NAS Dunkirk and with the RAF in Flanders; 5: The Navy's Big Show -- The Northern Bombing Group; 6: Hero of the Angry Sky -- Serving with No. 213 Squadron; 7: Eastleigh and Home; 8: A Glance Back; Afterword.

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