Yanks over Europe: American Flyers in World War II - Hardcover

Klinkowitz, Jerome

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813119618 ISBN 13: 9780813119618

Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 1996

Synopsis

A collection of written reminisces supplemented by Klinkowitz's (English, U. of Iowa) commentary beginning with the memoir of Art Donohue who joined the British Royal Air Force in 1940. By 1942 over 200 Americans served in the RAF forming the US Army Air Force's 4th Fighter Group. The narrative accounts share personal experiences of being a flyer and gunner, showing the vastly different styles of air war in the North African and Mediterranean campaigns. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

Jerome Klinkowitz is professor of English and University Distinguished Scholar at the University of Northern Iowa.

From Library Journal:

Klinkowitz (English, Univ. of Northern Iowa) examines in detail previously published personal accounts of witnesses of the air battles over Europe and the Mediterranean during World War II, addressing readers of previous memoirs and fiction works on the air war. Along the way, he uncovers such little-examined items as the use of the "sports" metaphor and what it meant in the campaign against the German Air Force. The motives, conventions, and literary styles of this aviation literature, especially the personal accounts, has never been examined, and Klinkowitz has managed to produce an engaging study suitable for libraries interested in the subject.?Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0813119618
• ISBN 13: 9780813119618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148