Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII, Paperback - P. O. Pearson

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True stories of love and loss during WWII from a band of tough Northern womenIllustrations: 1x8pp plate section

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The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory

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The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s -- and won Between th...

The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World...

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DescriptionArmy Air Force pilot Jim Muri flew his torpedo-equipped B-26 bomber on a daring mission of survival that helped win the Battle of Midway...

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A recovery of the vital role Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Americans played in US intelligence services in Asia during World War II. Spies deep beh...

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Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little-known female scientists who were critical to the invention of the atomic bomb d...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Catherine, MD MusemecheNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 236 x 32Cover ...

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Bomb meets Code Girls in this nonfiction narrative about the little-known female scientists who were critical to the invention of the atomic bomb d...

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Reducere. DescriptionNow more than ever, the world is recognizing how strong women and girls are. How strong? In the early 1920s, Inuit expeditioner Ada Blac...

Reducere. The year is 1927, and in America, England and Russia, three young girls share the dream of becoming pilots. Against the odds, these ambitious young...