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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 47 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Chris MacDonnell. |
| Summary |
In 1942, Norman Hanson learned to fly the Royal Navy's newest fighter: the U.S.-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged, and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating machine. But in the hands of its young Fleet Air Arm pilots it also proved to be a lethal weapon. Posted to the South Pacific aboard HMS Illustrious, Hanson and his squadron took the fight to the Japanese. Facing a desperate and determined enemy, Kamikaze attacks, and the ever-present dangers of flying off a pitching carrier deck, death was never far away. Brought to life in vivid, visceral detail, Carrier Pilot is one of the finest aviators' memoirs of the war; an awe-inspiring, thrilling, sometimes terrifying account of war in the air. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Hanson, Norman, 1914-
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Illustrious (Aircraft carrier)
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Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British.
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Air pilots, Military -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Macdonnell, Chris.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781541423510 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1541423518 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11927439 |
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