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Glen Edwards : the diary of a bomber pilot

Title
  1. Glen Edwards : the diary of a bomber pilot / Daniel Ford.
Published by
  1. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1998.
Author
  1. Ford, Daniel, 1931-

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Additional authors
  1. Edwards, Glen, 1918-1948.
Description
  1. ix, 195 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. After his death while testing a Northrop Flying Wing, the Air Force renamed their premier flight-testing center in Muroc, California, in honor of test pilot Glen Edwards. Ford supplements Edward's diary and puts it "in the context of World War II, the development of flight testing, and the advent of an independent U.S. Air Force."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Edwards, Glenn, 1918-1948 > Diaries
  2. Edwards, Glen
  3. United States. Air Force > Airmen > Diaries
  4. United States. Air Force
  5. Geschichte 1942-1945
  6. Geschichte 1945-1948
  7. Test pilots > United States > Diaries
  8. Bomber pilots > United States > Diaries
  9. Research aircraft > United States
  10. Armed Forces > Airmen
  11. Bomber pilots
  12. Research aircraft
  13. Test pilots
  14. Zweiter Weltkrieg
  15. Bombenflugzeug
  16. Flugzeugführer
  17. Tagebuch
  18. Militärflugzeug
  19. Testpilot
  20. United States
  21. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Diary
  3. diaries.
  4. Biographies.
  5. Diaries.
  6. Journaux intimes.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index.