The Threadbare Buzzard : A Marine Fighter Pilot in WWII
Language: English
Published by Zenith Press, St Paul MN, 2004
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Zenith Press, St Paul MN. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good. A very clean unmarked copy. Appears little read. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #021007.
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- Title
- The Threadbare Buzzard : A Marine Fighter Pilot in WWII
- Author
- Thomas M. Tomilinson
- Publisher
- Zenith Press, St Paul MN
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0760320551
- ISBN 13
- 9780760320556
- Item weight
- 566 grams
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Before the United States entered World War II, Tomlinson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force to get into action and flying. Following Pearl Harbor, he and most of the other Americans serving in the RCAF were "repatriated" into the U.S. military, most into the Army Air Corps. Tomlinson was one of the few who chose the Marine Corps and after training, he was off to the Southwest Pacific and Guadalcanal with VMF-214, the squadron that became the Black Sheep. Late in the war, while flying off a carrier during raids against Japan, Tomlinson's four-plane division was assigned to be a high-altitude radio relay for the attacking forces. During this mission they encountered the jet stream, at that time a little-known phenomena, especially among fighter pilots accustomed to lower, less hostile altitudes. Hours later, lost, out of radio range, and out of fuel, they ditched in the northwest Pacific. Three of the four were rescued by the Sea Devil (SS 400). Tomlinson ended up in the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor for the closing months of the war. Filled with details about flying the Corsair.
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