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020 $a9780316339407 (hbk.) :$cNT$980
082 04$a940.5449$222
100 1 $aBruning, John R.
245 10$aIndestructible :$bone man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII /$cJohn R. Bruning.
246 30$aOne man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII.
260 $aNew York :$bHachette Books,$c2016.
300 $axviii, 523 pages, 8 unnumbered pages plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $a"This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they faced disease, abuse, and starvation. Gunn spent three years trying to rescue them. His exploits became legend as he revolutionized the art of air warfare, devising his own weaponry, missions, and combat strategies. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped transform MacArthur's air force into the scourge of the Pacific"-- Provided by publisher.
600 10$aGunn, Paul Irvin,$d1899-1957.
600 10$aGunn, Paul Irvin,$d1899-1957$vFamily.
650 0$aPhilippine Airlines$vOfficials and employees$vBiography.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0$aAir pilots$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0$aAeronautics, Military$vTechnological innovations$vHistory$y20th century.