Five down, no glory : Frank G. Tinker, mercenary ace in the Spanish Civil War / Richard K. Smith and R. Cargill Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Richard K. (Richard Kenneth), 1929-2003.

Contributor:

Hall, R. Cargill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air pilots, Military--Spain--Biography.

Air pilots, Military.

Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography.

Americans--Spain--Biography.

Americans.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Aerial operations.

Spain.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Participation, American.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Biography.

Tinker, F. G. (Frank Glasgow), 1909-.

Tinker, F. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Frank G. Tinker, mercenary ace in the Spanish Civil War

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Frank G. Tinker, Jr. was the top American ace flying under contract with the Spanish Republican Air Force in the Spanish Civil War. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Class of 1933, he went into combat with Soviet airmen during the war. Through sheer perseverance, he rose from a teenage enlisted seaman, through the U.S. Naval Academy, to the officer's wardroom?then pressed on to claim the wings of a naval aviator and to become a top-flight fighter pilot and a published author. Tinker possessed extraordinary people skills?skills that allowed him to move with relative ease among common seamen,

Contents:

Fear; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Preface; Introduction: The Spanish Civil War; 1-The Road to Port Bou; 2-The Ragged Edge of Infinity; 3-Army, Navy-And Out!; 4-Of Planes and Spain; 5-La Esquadrilla de Lacalle; 6-First Blood over the Jarama; 7-Hot Baths, Hemingway,and He 111s; 8-The Debacle of Guadalajara; 9-Rail Targets and Rural Relaxation; 10-Action at Teruel and on the Gran Vía; 11-Kosenkov & Co.; 12- I-16s and the Battleof La Granja; 13-Five Down, No Glory; 14-A Bicycle, Brunete, and Bf 109s; 15-Enough Is Enough!; 16-Looking for a Way Home; 17-Quién Sabe?; Epilogue

Appendix 1-Chronological Highlights of the Spanish Civil War Appendix 2-Military Airplane Markings in the Spanish Civil War; 1; Appendix 3-Tinker Publications; Appendix 4-Tinker Aerial Victories; Notes; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-30491-0

9786613304919

1-61251-071-X

OCLC:

758334040