| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
A college student in Maryland when World War II began, Betty Lussier went to England to help the British fight off an impending invasion. Armed with a private pilot s license, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary and was soon ferrying planes and pilots for the RAF, and her memoir describes those days in thrilling detail. After the Normandy invasion, when women pilots were barred from delivering planes to the combat zones on the continent, she complained to Sir William S. Stephenson, who was in the RAF with her father in World War I and headed British intelligence in the States. He steered her to the newly formed American Office of Strategic Services, which was recruiting field agents. Her experiences with a special liaison unit in Algeria, Sicily, Italy, and France helping to set up a chain of double agents and transmit misinformation to the enemy are described in compelling detail as she takes the reader step-by-step through some memorable cases that helped bring the war to an end. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Flying with the Air Transport Auxiliary -- Life in Maryland : the early years -- Betty's favorite day : crossing the ocean to England -- Welcome to London and Maidenhead -- It's official : I'm an ATA student pilot! -- Duty pilot adventures -- Old loves, new friends -- Adventures and misadventures on land and in the air -- Accidents will happen -- The seeds of discontent : no continental service for the women -- A well-deserved break -- Ferry pool number five -- Kenny, Cousin Jack, Scotty, and Stephenson -- D-Day nears -- Time for a change : resignation -- pt. 2. Counterespionage -- On the ground with the X-2 -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Abbreviations and acronyms -- Appendix B: Some of the ATA cross-country routes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lussier, Betty.
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Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary -- Biography.
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Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary -- History.
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Lussier, Betty |
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Great Britain. Air Transport Auxiliary |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.
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Air pilots, Military -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Women air pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Air pilots, Military |
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Military operations, Aerial -- British |
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Military participation -- Female |
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Women air pilots |
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Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Biography
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Personal Narrative
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Autobiographie.
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Personal narratives
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Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives -- American
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: (DLC) 2010022131 (OCoLC)610837998 |
| ISBN |
9781612513966 (electronic bk.) |
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1612513964 (electronic bk.) |
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9781591144496 (alk. paper) |
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1591144493 (alk. paper) |
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