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Can I read The Jagged Edge of Duty - A Fighter Pilot's World War II on EtoBox?
The Jagged Edge of Duty - A Fighter Pilot's World War II by Robert L. Richardson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Jagged Edge of Duty - A Fighter Pilot's World War II about?
The World War Ii Fighter-pilot Story On The Very First Day Of The Invasion Of Sicily, Three Months Into His Combat Career, Allan Knepper Flew His P-38 Lightning Fighter In A Squadron Sent Out To Sweep The Island And Interdict German Ground Targets. Retreating German Infantry Unexpectedly Pounded The American Flyers. Knepper Was One Of Two Shot Down; He Was Never Found. Knepper S Story Is The Story-in-microcosm Of Thousands Of American Fighter Pilots In World War Ii. Richardson Recounts Knepper S Experiences From Training Through Combat And Uses Them To Discuss The Aircraft, Tactics And Doctrine, Training, Base Life, And Aerial Combat Of The War. This Is The Intimate Account Of One Pilot At War, But Also The Anatomy Of The Fighter-pilot Experience In World War Ii.
Who reads The Jagged Edge of Duty - A Fighter Pilot's World War II?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert L. Richardson
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811718424
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Military History, Biography
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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