Jonna Doolittle Hoppes

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The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle ¿ Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero

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Produktbeschreibung

Famous for leading the Tokyo Raid, America's first strike against Japan in World War II, Jimmy Doolittle led a remarkable life as an American pilot. This firsthand account by his granddaughter reveals an extraordinary individual-a scientist with a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from MIT, an aviation pioneer who was the first to fly across the United States in less than 24 hours and the first to fly "blind (using only his plane's instruments), a barnstormer well known for aerobatics, a popular racing pilot who won every major air race at least once, recipient of both the Congressional Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom, a four-star general, and commander of both the 8th, 12th and 15th Air Forces. This memoir provides insights into the public and private world of Jimmy Doolittle and his family and sheds light on the drives and motivation of one of America's most influential and ambitious aviators.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Santa Monica Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781595809155
• Artikelnr.: 43845020

Autorenporträt

Jonna Doolittle Hoppes is the granddaughter of Jimmy Doolittle and the author of Just Doing My Job: Stories of Service from World War II (Santa Monica Press). She has taught classes at the United States Air Force base in Los Angeles and has written for such magazines as Smithsonian Air and Space, Air Force Magazine, and Air Power History. Hoppes is president of the Air Force Historical Foundation (founded by General Spaatz in 1953), and an advisor for the Flying Tiger Foundation. She has spoken at the Madingley American Cemetery in England, the ROC Air Force Academy in Taiwan, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Pritzker Military Library, the Pacific aviation Museum at Ford Island in Hawaii, the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, as well as at the Air Force Academy in both the United States and England. She has appeared in the television program Man, Moment, Machine, and in the documentary From Vengeance to Forgiveness: Jake DeShazer’s Extraordinary Journey. Hoppes lives in Huntington Beach, California.