I came through swell:
Chauncey "Speed" Nelson always knew he wanted to be a pilot. Growing up on a farm, he spent his days dreaming of his plans to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, or to just buy a plane of his own if that didn't work out. But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Speed found...
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| Summary: | Chauncey "Speed" Nelson always knew he wanted to be a pilot. Growing up on a farm, he spent his days dreaming of his plans to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, or to just buy a plane of his own if that didn't work out. But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Speed found his purpose in life - a bomber pilot for the U.S. Air Corps, flying for his country. Through his own journals, interviews with his contemporaries, and his daughter's journals, join Speed for the fear - and adventure - of a lifetime, from his first training days to twenty-eight of his forty terrifying and thrilling missions flown out of Italy. ... Book cover |
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CONTENTS
Map.tx
Preface.xi
Introduction.xv
PART ONE
1. Speed.1
2. “I Came through Swell”.21
3. Sally.35
PART TWO
4. Foggia.61
5. The Last Mission.101
Epilogue.119
Afterword.-.125
Acknowledgments.127
Author's notes.133
Bibliography
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