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Hale, Nathan

Summary: "The first American pilots to fight in World War I flew for the French military. France created a squadron of volunteer Americans called the Lafayette Escadrille (named after the great Marquis de Lafayette). Follow this squadron on their high-flying adventures: How they got into the French military. How they learned to fly. How they fought--and died. And how these American pilots would go down...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books 2023

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Pearson, P. O'Connell (Patricia O'Connell)

Summary: In the tradition of Hidden Figures, debut author Patricia Pearson offers a beautifully written account of the remarkable but often forgotten group of female fighter pilots who answered their country's call in its time of need during World War II.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 PEA

Runyan, Aimie K.

Summary: "Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she's dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband, a sensitive artist who fears for her safety,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018

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Russ, Ted.

Summary: "To honor bonds forged twenty-five-years ago at West Point, Lieutenant Colonel Sam Avery leads an illegal mission deep into ISIS-held territory. Flying across Iraq in a stolen helicopter, Army Lieutenant Colonel Sam Avery knows that tonight will be his last mission. He and his crew will either be shot down by ISIS, or court martialed when they return. Sam doesn't care. He can't care. There is...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUS

Hamilton, John

Summary: This title introduces readers to the job of test pilot. A short history of the profession is included, as are test pilots such as the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager, Neil Armstrong, and their contributions to aviation and aircraft advancement. Education and training needed to become a test pilot is covered, such as programs at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, United...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A & D Xtreme, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016

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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 629.130 HAM

Leung, Julie

Summary: Presents the life and career of Hazel Ying Lee, the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEE

Wein, Elizabeth

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Summary: Documents the contributions of Soviet airwomen during World War II, examining the formation, obstacles, missions, and legacy of Russia's female combat pilot regiments.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 WEI

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 940.54 Wein 2019

Heath, Lorraine

Summary: "1941. A talented flier, Jessie Lovelace yearns for a career in aviation. When the civilian flight school in her small Texas town begins to clandestinely train British pilots for the RAF, she fights to become an instructor. But the task isn't without its perils of near-misses and death. Faced with the weight of her responsibilities, she finds solace with a British officer who knows firsthand...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEA

Summary: The crowning triumph of a career cut tragically short, Larisa Shepitko's final film won the Golden Bear at the 1977 Berlin Film Festival and went on to be hailed as one of the finest works of late-Soviet cinema. In the darkest days of World War II, two partisans set out for supplies to sustain their beleaguered outfit, braving the blizzard-swept landscape of Nazi-occupied Belarus.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASC

Brown, Dale

Summary: One of the Air Force's top guns, Captain Breanna Stockard is training Brunei pilots to fly the EB-52 Megafortress. But when a violent attempted kidnapping threatens a major arms deal about to take place, Breanna and her husband Major Jeff "Zen" Stockard must uncover a plot that--in this volatile region of the world--could mean Armageddon.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2012

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BRO

Homan, Lynn M.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pelican Pub. 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 HOM

Tunnell, Michael O.

Summary: "World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"--dust jacket flap.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2010

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J943.1550 TUN

Raven, Margot Theis.

Summary: The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2002

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943 Rav

McGrath, Amy

Summary: "A memoir of the author's journey to becoming a fighter pilot; her twenty years in the military; and the events that led to her decision to run for U.S. Senate"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCGRATH, AMY MCG

O'Grady, Scott.

Summary: True story of how O'Grady managed to live through a missile impact at 27,000 feet, the techniques he used to survive in a barren and hostile landscape, and the real story behind the daring daylight resuce mission carried out by the U.S. Marines.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.7024 OGR

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 1953

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA KEN

Brown, Dale

Summary: Tensions escalate between China and the United States, bringing the two superpowers to the brink of destruction in this thrilling military adventure.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2012

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Kilbourne, Jimmy W.

Summary: Survival stories from World Wars I and II and the conflicts in Korea and Southeast Asia.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan 1973

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 358.4 KIL

Lanning, Michael Lee

Summary: "Michael Lee Lanning tells the story of the courageous airmen who evaded capture and escaped to safety after being shot from the skies during World War II. Lanning covers the hows and whys of escape-and-evasion and aerial combat in the European theater, but also vividly captures the stories of the airmen who did the escaping and evading"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 LAN

Boyett, Steven R.

Summary: At the height of the air war in Europe, Captain Joe Farley and the baseball-loving, wisecracking crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Fata Morgana are in the middle of a harrowing bombing mission over East Germany when everything goes sideways. The bombs are still falling and flak is still exploding all around the 20-ton bomber as it is knocked like a bathtub duck into another world.Suddenly...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOY

Eisner, Peter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5337 EIS

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ON

Malone, Michael

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2009

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAL

Smith, Sherri L.

Summary: "During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET TUSKEGEE

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