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FLY BOY: NAVY WINGS and WILLING WOMEN - WWII | 
 enlarge | Author: George A Eddy Former Lt Usnr
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Category: Book
List Price: $8.95
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1002453
Media: Paperback
Pages: 84
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 21 x 14.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 1598007343
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781598007343
ASIN: 1598007343
Publication Date: December 26, 2006
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FLY BOY is a Naval Aviator's memoir of almost four years in WWII. It focuses on the lighter side of wartime - learning to fly training and combat planes, including a carrier checkout on the WOLVERINE in Lake Michigan, action in his F4U gull=winged Corsair fighter/bomber squadron on the West Coast, in the Pacific and a little duty on the carrier INTREPID.
The story starts in Chicago at a brunch party on December 7, 1941 when a neighbor bursts in and says: "Turn on the radio. The Japs just bombed Pearl Harbor!" There are many unusual events as an Aviation Cadet, an Officer and a Gentleman earning the coveted wings, and ultimately a Lt. USNR. (fmr). Along the way, a few romances, and the difficult and exciting courtship of the gorgeous young woman who has been his wife for 62 years.
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Good Read for both men and women! May 31, 2008
George A. Eddy (San Francisco)
While this book is basically written for men, as it recalls the excitement of learning to fly for Navy in a
variety of planes and different locations in WWII, ending up in the F4U Corsair fighter on the carrier INTREPID,
the shore- based romances and the complicated courtship of his wife seem to turn on the women readers!
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