Chuck Yeager: World War II Fighter Pilot

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 059318727X ISBN13: 9780593187272 Release Date: December 2022 Publisher: Dutton Caliber Length: 272 Pages Weight: 0.55 lbs. Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1" For Dutton Caliber's American War Heroes series, the riveting true story of United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot Chuck Yeager. Bold, brash, and brimming with courage, Chuck Yeager burst onto the scene as a national hero in 1947, when he became the first to fly an airplane faster than the speed of sound. Yet even before his days as America's most famous test pilot, Yeager was a young fighter ace in the US Army Air Force, flying a P-51 Mustang over Nazi-occupied Europe. His exploits are the stuff of legend. Soon after downing his first enemy fighter, Yeager, too, was shot down, surviving thanks to the help of the French Resistance and his own skills as a bomb maker--and earned a Bronze Star for saving the life of a fellow American. Agai