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Way Of The Eagle
Charles J. Biddle
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Description for Way Of The Eagle
Hardback. The story of a Philadelphia aristocrat-educated at Princeton, then Harvard-who refused to wait for the United States to join the Great War but instead joined it himself, as a private, eventually rising to the command of air groups .. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: HBWN; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
In The Way of the Eagle, Philadelphia native Charles Biddle ’s account of flying in World War I, we have a classic aviation memoir, long out of print, that provides new insights into America’s participation in the Great War.
Biddle volunteered and was active in France from 1917, where he flew as a volunteer, initially for the French in Escadrille 73, and then in the American 103rd Aero Squadron (the Lafayette Escadrille), and then the 13th Aero Squadron and 4th Pursuit Group (which he commanded).
His memoir was published shortly after his return to the United States and ... Read more
In The Way of the Eagle, Philadelphia native Charles Biddle ’s account of flying in World War I, we have a classic aviation memoir, long out of print, that provides new insights into America’s participation in the Great War.
Biddle volunteered and was active in France from 1917, where he flew as a volunteer, initially for the French in Escadrille 73, and then in the American 103rd Aero Squadron (the Lafayette Escadrille), and then the 13th Aero Squadron and 4th Pursuit Group (which he commanded).
His memoir was published shortly after his return to the United States and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Casemate Books United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781612003900
SKU
V9781612003900
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Ref
99-2
Reviews for Way Of The Eagle
The accounts read like a 'Boys Own' style comic and are very entertaining.
Air Modeller
...will give a new generation first-hand accounts of flying a SPAD in a whirling dogfight with Fokkers and Albatros...thoroughly recommended.
FlyPast Magazine
Air Modeller
...will give a new generation first-hand accounts of flying a SPAD in a whirling dogfight with Fokkers and Albatros...thoroughly recommended.
FlyPast Magazine