Description:Chapters: Lance C. Wade, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Dominique Edison, Terry Teagle, Grady Allen, Gary Jones, Edwin O. Legrand. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wing Commander Lance Cleo "Wildcat" Wade DSO, DFC and two Bars (1915 -12 January 1944), was an American pilot who joined the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War and became a flying ace. He was described in "Fighter Aces of the USA" by Toliver and Constable, as a "distinguished American fighter ace who epitomized perhaps more than any other American airman the wartime accords between Britain and the United States." Lance Wade was born in Broaddus, Texas in 1915. He joined the Royal Air Force in Canada in December 1940 (the USA did not enter the war until a year later). He arrived in Egypt as a Hawker Hurricane Mk I pilot in September 1941, and was posted to 33 Squadron. His first kills were two Fiat CR-42s on the 18th November. He made ace on 24 November 1941. He began flying Hurricane Mk IIs in April 1942, when he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He had 13 victories as of September 1942. He spent the next several months back in the US on various RAF projects including evaluating some American fighters at Wright Field. He returned to combat as a Flight commander in 145 Squadron with a bar to his DFC, flying Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vs. Promoted to Squadron Leader, he had a busy 60 days, as by the end of April his score was 21, by then flying Spitfire Mk IXs. His Squadron moved to Italy, and as a Spitfire VIII pilot cliamed two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of Schlachtgeschwader 4 on 2 Oct. His last claims were three FW 190s ( again of SG 4) damaged on 3 November 1943. Wade became a Wing Commander and joined the staff of the Desert Air Force but was there only briefly, as he wa...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=226018We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from San Augustine County, Texas: Lance C. Wade, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Dominique Edison, Terry Teagle, Grady Allen, Gary Jones. To get started finding People from San Augustine County, Texas: Lance C. Wade, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Dominique Edison, Terry Teagle, Grady Allen, Gary Jones, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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People from San Augustine County, Texas: Lance C. Wade, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Dominique Edison, Terry Teagle, Grady Allen, Gary Jones
Description: Chapters: Lance C. Wade, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Dominique Edison, Terry Teagle, Grady Allen, Gary Jones, Edwin O. Legrand. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wing Commander Lance Cleo "Wildcat" Wade DSO, DFC and two Bars (1915 -12 January 1944), was an American pilot who joined the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War and became a flying ace. He was described in "Fighter Aces of the USA" by Toliver and Constable, as a "distinguished American fighter ace who epitomized perhaps more than any other American airman the wartime accords between Britain and the United States." Lance Wade was born in Broaddus, Texas in 1915. He joined the Royal Air Force in Canada in December 1940 (the USA did not enter the war until a year later). He arrived in Egypt as a Hawker Hurricane Mk I pilot in September 1941, and was posted to 33 Squadron. His first kills were two Fiat CR-42s on the 18th November. He made ace on 24 November 1941. He began flying Hurricane Mk IIs in April 1942, when he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He had 13 victories as of September 1942. He spent the next several months back in the US on various RAF projects including evaluating some American fighters at Wright Field. He returned to combat as a Flight commander in 145 Squadron with a bar to his DFC, flying Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vs. Promoted to Squadron Leader, he had a busy 60 days, as by the end of April his score was 21, by then flying Spitfire Mk IXs. His Squadron moved to Italy, and as a Spitfire VIII pilot cliamed two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of Schlachtgeschwader 4 on 2 Oct. His last claims were three FW 190s ( again of SG 4) damaged on 3 November 1943. Wade became a Wing Commander and joined the staff of the Desert Air Force but was there only briefly, as he wa...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=226018We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from San Augustine County, Texas: Lance C. Wade, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Dominique Edison, Terry Teagle, Grady Allen, Gary Jones. To get started finding People from San Augustine County, Texas: Lance C. Wade, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Dominique Edison, Terry Teagle, Grady Allen, Gary Jones, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.