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Keep your airspeed up : the story of Tuskegee airman Harold H. Brown and Marsha S. Bordner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Harold H., 1924- author.
- Bordner, Marsha S., 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Harold H., 1924-.
- Brown, Harold H.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th--Biography.
- United States.
- Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
- Fighter pilots.
- African American air pilots--Biography.
- African American air pilots.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, AL : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Inspiring memoir of Colonel Harold H.Brown, one of the 930 original Tuskegee pilots, whose dramatic wartime exploits and postwar professional successes contribute to this extraordinary account.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. The Early Years
- 1. My Family and Ancestry
- 2. My Early Life in Minnesota
- 3. My Love Affair with a Plane
- 4. Bubba's Experience in the Military
- Part II. The War Years
- 5. I Just Wanted to Fly
- 6. Flight Training: In the Air at Last
- 7. The Transition to War
- 8. The Trip Overseas and Commander B. O. Davis
- 9. The Air Forces, the P-51, and Ramitelli Air Field
- 10. Combat
- 11. December 1944
- 12. January to February 1945
- 13. March 1945
- 14. Nuremberg
- 15. The March to Moosburg
- 16. Liberation
- 17. Going Home
- Part III. The Postwar Years
- 18. To Stay or Not to Stay
- 19. The Future Unfolds
- 20. The Korean War
- 21. Strategic Air Command
- 22. Crises in America and My Decision to Leave the Military
- 23. A New Career in Higher Education
- 24. Fame
- 25. Giving Back
- 26. Breaking Par
- 27. The Fourth Quarter
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-9140-1
- OCLC:
- 995766780
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