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Air Born : Two Generations in Flight by Jan Davis (2023, Hardcover) Signed Copy
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781955026765
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Air Born : Two Generations in Flight
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- BALLAST Books
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, General, Military / Aviation
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Two aviators making history. Two Americans serving their country. One incredible story spanning fifty years and two generations. Ben Smotherman, a B-17 pilot in World War II, valiantly fought in the European Theater of Operations before being shot down over Holland in July 1943. After enduring twenty-one months as a prisoner of war, he was finally reunited with his loved ones and was able to start a family. Years later, after perusing his Wartime Log, his daughter Jan made discoveries about her father's experiences that shed light on her own life path. As a Space Shuttle astronaut, Jan Davis went through intensive training, flew NASA jets, and completed three spaceflights, spending over 673 hours on orbit. Her experiences and emotions during her launches and space travel echoed those of her father during his combat missions, highlighting the unshakable bond between father and daughter. With Air Born , you can join in on a flight through history as Jan Davis relates her father's heroic service and draws connections between his combat missions and her own spaceflights. Discover the ins and outs of pilot training in the 1940s alongside Ben Smotherman and bear witness to his harrowing capture, interrogation, and imprisonment at Stalag Luft III. Rejoice with the POWs as World War II finally ends and the prisoners are returned home to continue pursuing their life's goals. Shadow Jan Davis as she expertly navigates a career characterized by space exploration, scientific experimentation, and phenomenal feats of engineering. And draw inspiration from the intersection of two completely different yet uniquely connected worlds brought together by a common link of family and flying.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
BALLAST Books
ISBN-10
1955026769
ISBN-13
9781955026765
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13060883317
Product Key Features
Book Title
Air Born : Two Generations in Flight
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, General, Military / Aviation
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
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" Air Born will surely be appreciated not only by space and aviation buffs but anyone and everyone who loves a grand and unique story, well told." --Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys and October Sky
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