Spitfire, Mustang, Lightning, Thunderbolt? in the darkest days of World War II, these legendary fighters escorted lumbering heavy bombers over enemy territory, providing protection, drawing cover, and taking on everything Germany’s Luftwaffe could throw at them.Escort Pilot is the lavishly-illustrated celebration of these unique heroes, painstakingly researched and beautifully designed. It conjures up the lost world of these daring US, British, and other Allied pilots. Readers witness gripping, first-hand accounts of deadly dogfights over Germany, accompanied by warm, humorous personal reminiscences of life on the ground, accompanied throughout by hundreds of period photos and reproductions of vintage artifacts and keepsakes - many in full color.Filled with engaging anecdotes, little-known fighter lore, and a wealth of fascinating and colorful details you’d expect ? from favorite, long-forgotten local pubs to personalized flight jacket artwork ? Escort Pilot is a richly evocative reminiscence of a heroic era and the larger-than-life personalities that inhabited it.
R sum Sigmaringen, 1876. Fort de sa victoire dans le concours de p che organis par la ligue danubienne, Ilia Brusch, ma tre p cheur magyar, se lance dans un pari insens 3000 kilom tres le long du Danube, sans vivre d'autres ressources que celles de sa p che Mais lorsque les escales se mettent co ncider trangement avec une vague de m faits, meurtres et cambriolages qui jalonnent le coeur de l'Europe, c'est Karl Dragoch, chef de la police danubienne, qui va tenter de percer le myst re de cette embarcation, de ses occupants - et surtout de ce bien singulier et impassible capitaine Brusch...
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Ilia Brusch, ganador del premio de pescadores aficionados de la liga del Danubio, parte en una embarcaci n para navegar a trav s del famoso r o. Para realizar su expedici n el hombre piensa alimentarse solamente de la comida que pueda procurarse a trav s de su pesca. El pescador acepta llevar en su bote a un hombre que se hace llamar Jaeger, y que realmente es el agente de la polic a Karl Dragoch, cuya misi n consiste en perseguir y encarcelar a un ladr n nombrado Ladko. El viaje, que parec a ser un viaje de placer, se convierte en una excursi n llena de misterios cuando Brusch es apresado.
Suspens, batailles navales, aventures romanesques: ce roman permet James Cooper de d velopper tout son talent et de d crire avec beaucoup de gr ce et d' motion le monde de la mer et des marins. Il raconte l'histoire d'un myst rieux pilote qui a pour mission d'enlever quelques nobles lords anglais et de les conduire en Am rique...
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