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050	0	0	_aD790.262 49th _b.R3931 2017
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100	1		_aRichardson, Robert L., _d1949- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe jagged edge of duty : _ba fighter pilot's World War II / _cRobert L. Richardson.
264		1	_aGuilford, Connecticut : _bStackpole Books, _c[2017]
300			_axiii, 394 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 363-384) and index.
505	0		_aGUMP -- Organization -- Flyers for the fray -- America with no choice left -- Meet the group -- Meet the pilots -- Bomber escort -- Losses mount, and the mission to Palermo -- The P-38 fighter interceptor -- Attacks on Sardinia -- When things go wrong: the Gerbini Mission -- Bombs at their fingertips -- Approaching air rule -- Aftermath -- The search for Allan Knepper -- After combat -- Epilogue.
520			_a"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."--Provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aKnepper, Allan, _d1916-1943.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy Air Forces. _bFighter Squadron, 49th _vBiography.
650		0	_aFighter pilots _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aLightning (Fighter plane) _vAnecdotes.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xAerial operations, American.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xCampaigns _zItaly.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zAfrica, North.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xRegimental histories _zUnited States.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aRichardson, Robert L., 1949- author. _tJagged edge of duty _dGuilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017] _z9780811765725 _w(DLC) 2016056106
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