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Author | : Kenneth V. Killmeyer |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 651 |
Release | : 2018-07-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1546248579 |
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In March of 1967, Ken Killmeyer became a crew member of USS Forrestal CVA-59, the first of the super aircraft carriers. In 1995, Ken was offered the position of historian of the USS Forrestal Association. During his time as a historian, Ken began collecting personal experience narratives of crew members who were aboard along with him during the worst naval disaster to befall a ship since World War II. Ken has combined those stories with USS Forrestals deck logs and the official investigation report into the cause of the Forrestal fire and has given the reader an undeniable window into this devastating event. Ken takes the reader on a journey like none other, from high above the busy flight deck on the navigation bridge down to deep within Forrestals hull in the hot, steamy engine rooms. The reader will hear from the crew in their own words what they experienced before, during, and after this most tragic day in the lives of USS Forrestals Westpac 1967 crew. Further interest in USS Forrestal can be obtained using the following source: USS Forrestal Association Inc., www.USS-Forrestal.com Facebook.com, USS Forrestal CVA-59, CV-59, and AVT-59 Facebook.com, USS Forrestal CV-59 Facebook.com USS Forrestal AVT-59 Decommission Facebook.com USS Forrestal Crew Members
Author | : Kenneth V Killmeyer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 932 |
Release | : 2020-10-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781636265018 |
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In March of 1967, Ken Killmeyer became a crew member of USS Forrestal CVA-59, the first of the super aircraft carriers. In 1995, Ken was offered the position of historian of the USS Forrestal Association. During his time as a historian, Ken began collecting personal experience narratives of crew members who were aboard along with him during the worst naval disaster to befall a ship since World War II. Ken has combined those stories with USS Forrestals deck logs and the official investigation report into the cause of the Forrestal fire and has given the reader an undeniable window into this devastating event. Ken takes the reader on a journey like none other, from high above the busy flight deck on the navigation bridge down to deep within Forrestals hull in the hot, steamy engine rooms. The reader will hear from the crew in their own words what they experienced before, during, and after this most tragic day in the lives of USS Forrestals Westpac 1967 crew. Further interest in USS Forrestal can be obtained using the following source: USS Forrestal Association Inc., www.USS-Forrestal.com Facebook.com, USS Forrestal CVA-59, CV-59, and AVT-59 Facebook.com, USS Forrestal CV-59 Facebook.com USS Forrestal AVT-59 Decommission Facebook.com USS Forrestal Crew Members.
Author | : Darren Sapp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2014-11-22 |
Genre | : Aircraft carriers |
ISBN | : 9780692326541 |
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An American supercarrier flight deck is considered by many to be one of the most dangerous places on earth. Multi-million dollar aircraft launching, landing, and taxiing in the space of a few football fields, all orchestrated by a control tower and flight deck crew whose average age is nineteen. Brian Donley survived boot camp and completed aircraft firefighter training to serve as a yellow shirt on the flight deck of the USS William Halsey. Would his training, will, and courage equip him for the most challenging day of his life? (from the book back cover)
Author | : Al Adcock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Aircraft carriers |
ISBN | : 9780897474412 |
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Author | : Gregory A. Freeman |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0061856568 |
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The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows that they were truly the victims and heroes.
Author | : Stan Osterbauer |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2017-06-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781548117955 |
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Something very strange happened on a burning flight deck. Something supernatural. Something unexplainable. A novel, based on a true story. It's a piece of often-forgotten Navy history. But more importantly, it's a personal "coming-of-age" journey we can all relate to.
Author | : P. T. Deutermann |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-07-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250273056 |
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Based on a true story—P. T. Deutermann's Trial by Fire is a dramatic WWII novel of attack, survival, and triumph on board an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. It's March 1945 and the war in the Pacific is approaching its apocalyptic climax. The largest wartime armada ever assembled, Task Force 58, is closing in on Okinawa; once taken, it will finally put American B-29 bombers in comfortable range of the home islands of Japan—and victory. At the heart of the fleet are 14 Essex-class aircraft carriers, including the USS Franklin, known as "Big Ben"—a 27,000-ton behemoth, home to 3,600 crewmen and 100 aircraft. Just after dawn, while crewmen prepare for battle, a single Japanese Yokosuka D4Y bomber breaks through the clouds and drops a 500-pound semi-armor piercing bomb on Big Ben. The bomb rips through the wooden flight deck before exploding on the hangar deck, amidst two dozen fully fueled and armed fighter-bombers. The resulting explosion engulfs both the hangar deck and all the planes spotted on the flight deck. Bombs cook off and rockets howl in all directions, both on the flight deck and down in the hangar bays. Hundreds of men are forced to leap into the sea to escape the rivers of burning aviation gasoline, leaving the captain with only one third of his crew, of whom there are more dead, wounded and trapped men left onboard than able-bodied sailors. Trial By Fire is the gripping novelization of how, against all odds, the sailors of the Franklin were able to save their ship, after 3 agonizing days of battling the flames that ultimately claimed the lives of 832 men and injured 300 more. Readers will be astounded and humbled by the heroic actions of a few extraordinarily brave sailors in the face of unending catastrophe.
Author | : Patricia Newman |
Publisher | : Walker Childrens |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2009-09-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780802797360 |
Download Nugget on the Flight Deck Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Readers are in for a treat as a young nugget prepares for his first hop in a real bird, as well as a complete tour around the Mother ship. They even test their flight skills in a practice dogfight. The lieutenant keeps the jargon flowing during this tour of duty that will have young readers spooled up to use their new vocabulary. Expertly researched and dynamically illustrated, this patriotic adventure is chock full of information for military buffs and aspiring aviators alike.
Author | : Wynn F. Foster |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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To tell the tragic story of this terrible fire, Wynn Foster, an attack pilot who flew missions from the Oriskany, draws on his firsthand knowledge of the ship and her systems, extensive documentary research, and in-depth interviews with survivors."
Author | : Edward Atkins |
Publisher | : Edward Atkins |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0805973036 |
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