Fighter Pilot The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds |
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| Author:
| Olds, Robin
Olds, Christina
Rasimus, Ed |
| Narrated by:
| Dean, Robertson |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4417-3700-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
| List Price: | USD $39.96 |
Book Description:
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A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of twenty-two and an ace with twelve aerial victories, but it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. With his marriage to Hollywood actress and pin-up girl, Ella Raines, his non-regulation mustache and penchant for drink, Olds was a...
More DescriptionA larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of twenty-two and an ace with twelve aerial victories, but it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend. With his marriage to Hollywood actress and pin-up girl, Ella Raines, his non-regulation mustache and penchant for drink, Olds was a unique individual whose story is one of the most eagerly anticipated military books of the year.