02297cam a2200361 4500 1147831974 TxAuBib ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2009045740 9780312560232 0312560230 TxAuBib Olds, Robin, 1922-2007. Fighter pilot : the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds / Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010. xiv, 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Battle -- My early years -- Pilot training -- Off to war -- A Small event called D-Day -- The Heat of many battles -- Victories--at last! -- Mustangs and mayhem -- R&R, second tour, and home -- Going home -- Life in the fast lane -- Exchange with the RAF 1948 -- F-86s at March Field, the Pitts, and Stewart -- Landstuhl to Libya -- Pentagon to Shaw -- The Phantom and the war -- Bolo -- Rolling thunder -- The Ending battle -- The Painful way home -- The Academy -- IG and out -- Final landing. A biography of top fighter pilot and squadron commander Robin Olds--who arrived in Vietnam in 1966 to find a dejected group of pilots and motivated them by placing himself on the flight schedule under officers junior to himself, then challenging them to train him properly because he would soon be leading them. Olds, Robin 1922-2007. Fighter pilots United States Biography. Generals United States Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. Olds, Christina. Rasimus, Ed. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2009045740-s.html Sample text https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009045740-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009045740-d.html Publisher description