Yanks in the RAF the story of maverick pilots and American volunteers who joined Britain's fight in WWII
"This is the story of American volunteer pilots who risked their lives in defense of Britain during the earliest days of World War II...more than a year before Pearl Harbor, when the United States first became embroiled in the global conflict. Based on interviews, diaries, personal documents, a...
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Preface: From Belligerent Allies to the Special Relationship 9
Chapter One: None of America s Business 13
Chapter Two: Historical Prejudices 41
Chapter Three: A Very Odd Assortment 5 9
Chapter Four: Failures to Communicate 75
Chapter Five: Conflicts and Rivalries 89
Chapter Six: Colorful Characters and “Old School Tie Boys” 109
Chapter Seven: No More Bloody Yanks! 125
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Chapter Eight: Belligerent Allies
Chapter Nine: Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Chapter Ten: Like a Great Sustained Roar
Chapter Eleven: A Most Democratic Army
Chapter Twelve: More English than the English
Chapter Thirteen: You re an American, I Believe
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Equivalent Ranks
Appendix B: Pilots Who Served with the Three Eagle Squadrons
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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