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Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces"--the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker--offered a bottle of bourbon to the first U.S. fighter pilot to break his record of twenty-six enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate his men, General George Kenney promoted what they would come to call the "race of aces" as a way of boosting the spirits of his war-weary command. What developed was a wild three-year sprint for fame...
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