My War in Italy - On the Ground and in Flight With the 15th Air Force

Informationen zum Autor Keith Mason was born in Waukon, Iowa in 1920, where he now lives with his family. Together with wife Jean Anne Mason, for whom he named his two B-24 airplanes, he has five children and six grandchildren. During World War II, Keith Mason completed 48 missions before returning to the United States. He is a retired vocational auto mechanics instructor who organized his courses utilizing principles and techniques he learned as a flight instructor. Klappentext Autobiographical insights on the inner workings of "The Flying Fifteenth" and one airman's World War II experience facing stultifying boredom, stupefying incompetence, paralyzing fear, and stunning success. Zusammenfassung Autobiographical insights on the inner workings of “The Flying Fifteenth” and one airman’s World War II experience facing stultifying boredom, stupefying incompetence, paralyzing fear, and stunning success.

Product details

• Authors: Keith W. Mason
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2016
• EAN: 9780826220592
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-2059-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: American Military Experience
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration