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Glen Edwards: The Diary of a Bomber Pilot by Daniel Ford

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By Daniel Ford

In 1941, Glen Edwards realized to fly in a fabric-covered biplane. Seven years later, he died within the crash of the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, the Air Force’s such a lot complex jet-propelled plane and forerunner of the B-2 Stealth bomber of this present day. As a wrestle pilot in North Africa and Italy in the course of global battle II, and as a try out pilot in the course of a interval of fabulous innovation, Edwards used to be among the finest of a brand new iteration of army aviators. The remoted wasteland base at Muroc, California, the place Edwards crashed will be named in his honor. throughout his army occupation, Glen Edwards stored a regular checklist of what he did and what he concept. army historian Daniel Ford situates that diary within the context of worldwide warfare II, the improvement of flight checking out as a technology, and the delivery of an autonomous U.S. Air strength. He exhibits how army pilots within the Nineteen Forties augmented their seat-of-the-pants bravado and precision flying talents with rigorous educational education. Conveying either the exhaustion of wrestle and the excitement of flying the various world’s quickest, such a lot subtle planes, the booklet strains the tragic process Glen Edwards’s profession: the near-daily bombing missions over Africa and Italy, a record-breaking cross-country flight within the XB-42 Mixmaster, and trial flights within the YB-49 Flying Wing—the first airplane Edwards ever actively disliked. The leading edge Northrop bomber, Daniel Ford concludes, simply wasn’t prepared for top time. approximately 70,000 phrases; with pictures from the Air strength and the Edwards relations. "A attention-grabbing story and a tribute to an unassuming guy who easily enjoyed to fly." -- Air&Space/Smithsonian

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In his valedictory he spoke of hobbies, tracing the term from an easy-gaited horse to any kind of pleasurable pastime. His own hobby, he said, was tying trout flies. "After you get them tied, the next test is to see if the fish will bite them or not. If they do, your fly is all right. If they don't, your fly is all wrong. " Few eighteen-year-olds express a philosophy so well, nor follow it so faithfully for the rest of their lives. That fall, Placer College opened its doors in Auburn, up the road toward Donner Pass and the ski fields of Truckee, and Glen enrolled as one of three members of the Class of 1938.

We'll soon know all about it, I hope. November 15, Ipswich Caught up with Captain Horner and the rest of the boys today and was sure glad to see them. Tomorrow we start a hundred-hour inspection on our planes, but this time we'll have a crew chief [to direct the work]. Happy day. The trip from Topcliffe was a twelve-ship formation with a B-25 in the lead with a British navigator. Durned lucky he was along, I figure. The visibility was awfulabout a mile or so, due mostly to smoke and haze. Couldn't see the runways while we were circling to land.

January 12, Youks-les-Bains Put electric lights in Club Cabana today. Will soon have all the modern conveniences. January 13, Youks-les-Bains Got in four Beaufighters. The P-40s shot one down by mistake. January 15, Youks-les-Bains Most everyone was at breakfast when two Messerschmitts came out of the clouds and started shooting up the joint. Also they were carrying bombs which they dropped. No one was hurt but one of our newly acquired fighters was put out of commission temporarily. This morning I flew Major Widerman over to Telergma to the 1st Armored Division headquarters.

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