With the possum and the eagle: the memoir of a navigator's war over Germany and Japan
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Main Author: Nutter, Ralph H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, Tex. University of North Texas Press c2005
Series:North Texas military biography and memoir series no. 2
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Item Description:Originally published: Novato, CA : Presidio, 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-322) and index
"Ralph H. Nutter was the lead navigator for Eighth Air Force raids over Germany when he was assigned as Maj. Gen. Curtis "the Eagle" LeMay's group navigator. Later, as the strategic air war over Europe was winding down, the ace navigator was transferred to B-29 Superfortress duty with the Twentieth Air Force in the Pacific, where he was picked by Brigadier Gen. Haywood "Possum" Hansell to be his bomber navigator. After LeMay succeeded Hansell as bomber commander, Nutter returned to navigation duty with LeMay."
"Hansell and LeMay were two of our country's leading combat commanders in Europe and the Pacific. They pioneered the concepts of strategic airpower and high-altitude daylight precision bombing. With the Possum and the Eagle affords a rare insider's perspective on aviation leadership and strategic issues, melded with extraordinary accounts of courage under fire."--BOOK JACKET.
Pt. I. The air war against Germany -- pt. II. The air war against Japan
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 327 p.)
ISBN:1574411985
1574414631
9781574411980
9781574414639

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