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Indestructible: one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII

By Philippine Airlines;Bruning , John R;Gunn , Paul Irvin

Book information

Publisher
Hachette Books
Year
2016
ISBN
9780316339391, 9780316339407, 0316339407, 9780316464307, 0316464309
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
14 MB (14645035 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
268 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates b&w photos
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1899-1957;Philippine1939-1945--Aerial operations1939-1945--Prisoners and prisonsAerial--American;Rescues;Rescues--Philippines--HisAeronauticsAmerican;World WarJapanese;Biographies;History;Biography;PhilippineMilitary--Technological innovations--History--20thMilitary--Technological innovations;AeronauticsPaul Irvin

Description

"This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--

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