Publication

2016 - , New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

130,750 words, Guess

Page Count

523 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100316339407
  • ISBN-139780316339407
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016021715
  • OCLC Control Number989921252
  • OCLC Control Number948572948
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780316339407
  • Open LibraryOL27222684M

Classifications

  • DDC940.54/4973092
  • DDCB
  • LCCD790 .B6865 2016
and 1 more
  • LCCD805.5.S28

Description

"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 the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Indestructible: one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII2016-01-01

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