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The Widowmaker - Couverture souple

Tyre USN(R), CAPT Timothy E.

 
9781537612911: The Widowmaker
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1537612913 ISBN 13 : 9781537612911
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

At 0830 hours, just as briefed by the intelligence Officer, FLAK began. The smooth ride for the formation ceased, as FLAK bursts stayed above and not below the bombers, as the white hot shrapnel bursts would explode upwards, to rip through the thin aluminum skin off the warplanes.

Combat mission number 36 would be soon be half over. “What will happen next?” thought Lt. Tyre…

The “Widow Maker” is a true story about a young couple (Eddie & Shirley) who fall in love at the outset of World War II. It is a story about the greatest generation that unselfishly went to war against a threat to Democracy. The Widow Maker gives the reader a special lesson in the history of World War II written from the perspective of Eddie Tyre, a young Army Air Corps aviator who completes 50 combat missions in the European Theatre. The book gives a personal look into the lives of the couple who send love letters to each other and cope with a world shaken by war.

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À propos de l'auteur

Timothy E. Tyre is a retired U.S. Naval Officer with 22 years of commissioned service and is the eldest of Lt. Colonel and Mrs. Edward Tyre's seven children. Tim and his wife Marilyn raised four children and are blessed with five grandchildren. He presently directs the Aviation Science programs at Carroll University and St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy. He teaches both private pilot and advanced instrument ground schools at Spring City Aviation in Waukesha, Wisconsin. An instrument-rated pilot, Tim appreciates the challenges and joy inherent to aviation. This is his first book.

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1537612913
ISBN 13 
9781537612911
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
128
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