| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 15 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. |
| Performer |
Narrated by the author. |
| Summary |
Few are aware of the risks that the pioneering airmen of the First World War took. On a Wing and a Prayer is a narrative history that conveys the perils of those early days, the thrills of learning to fly, and the horrors of war in the air at a time when pilots carried little defensive armament and no parachutes. In 1914, aircraft were a questionable technology, used for only basic reconnaissance. But by 1918, hastened by the terrible war, aircraft were understood to be the future of modern warfare. The war changed flying forever. The stories are presented to the reader in a frank and open way, revealing the feelings of the men who defended the trenches from above and witnessed the war from a completely different perspective. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British.
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| Added Author |
Levine, Joshua.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781407444420 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1407444425 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12248336 |
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