Indestructible one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII

Indestructible one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII

"This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bruning, John R. author
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Hachette Books [2016]
Subjects:
Gunn, Paul Irvin > 1899-1957.
Gunn, Paul Irvin > 1899-1957 > Family.
Philippine Airlines > Officials and employees > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
Air pilots > United States > Biography.
Aeronautics, Military > Technological innovations > History > 20th century.
Americans > Philippines > Biography.
Prisoners of war > Philippines > Biography.

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Accession # Call # Volume/Part# Copy # Collection Circulation Type Circulation Status
BC-72422 D 790 B68 2016 1 FILIPINIANA COLLECTION Regular Circulation On-Shelf