Letters from a war bird
Subtitle: the World War I correspondence of Elliott White Springs
By: edited by David K. Vaughan
Contributors: Vaughan, David Kirk
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781611170405
Subjects: Correspondence; World War, 1914-1918; American Personal narratives; American Aerial operations; United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 148th; Fighter pilots; Campaigns; United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Princeton and Mineola: March to August 1917; title: Across the Atlantic to Oxford University, England: September to November 1917; title: Flight training in England: November 1917 to February 1918; title: Preparing for operational flying in England: February to May 1918; title: With 85 Squadron RFC in France: May to June 1918; title: With the 148th Aero Squadron in France: an accident and first combat: July to August 1918; title: With the 148th Aero Squadron in France supporting the Allied advance: August to September 1918; title: "In hospital," the Armistice, and after: October 1918 to January 1919; title: Conclusion: Elliott Springs's postwar career as a writer.