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Letters from a war bird : the World War I correspondence of Elliott White Springs
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- Creator
- edited by David K. Vaughan
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- xxxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781611170405, 1611170400
- OCLC
- ocn733228101
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-349) and index.
- Princeton and Mineola: March to August 1917 -- Across the Atlantic to Oxford University, England: September to November 1917 -- Flight training in England: November 1917 to February 1918 -- Preparing for operational flying in England: February to May 1918 -- With 85 Squadron RFC in France: May to June 1918 -- With the 148th Aero Squadron in France: an accident and first combat: July to August 1918 -- With the 148th Aero Squadron in France supporting the Allied advance: August to September 1918 -- "In hospital," the Armistice, and after: October 1918 to January 1919 -- Conclusion: Elliott Springs's postwar career as a writer
Subjects
- Springs, Elliott White -- Correspondence.
- United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 148th.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
- Fighter pilots -- United States -- Correspondence.