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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Springs, Elliott White.     Subjects     Grider, John MacGavock, 1892-1918 -- Diaries.     United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.     Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Springs, Elliott White.       by title:      War birds : the diar...       by call number:      940.44973 S769w     Search the Web     Springs, Elliott White.     Grider, John MacGavock, 1892-1918 -- Diaries.     United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.     Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

War birds : the diary of a Great War pilot / Elliott White Springs ; drawings by Clayton Knight ; annotations by Lieutenant Horace Fulford ; introduction by Mark Hillier. by Springs, Elliott White. Frontline Books, 2016. Call #: 940.44973 S769w Subjects Grider, John MacGavock, 1892-1918 -- Diaries.   United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.   Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781473879591 (hc.) Description:  258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes:  "First printed as War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator by John Hamilton Ltd., May 1927." --T.p. verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  "Following the declaration of war by the United States, more than 200 American men, unwilling to wait until US squadrons could be raised, volunteered to join the Royal Flying Corps in the summer of 1917. Among these men was John MacGavrock Grider and Elliott White Springs who both went on to join 85 Squadron which was equipped with S.E.5 fighters. During his service with the RFC and the RAF, Grider kept a record of his experiences from when he joined up until his untimely death in 1918, when he was shot down over the Western Front. Before his death, Grider had made a pact with Elliott White Springs that in the event of either one of them dying, the other would complete their writings. Springs went on to write this book, an amalgamation of his own recollections and Grider's diary and correspondence. [...]"--book jacket. Other authors:  Knight, Clayton. Fulford, Horace. Hillier, Mark. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.44973 S769w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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