Hero of the Angry Sky: The World War I Diary and Letters of David S.Ingalls, America's First Naval Ace

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v Contents List of Illustrations vii Foreword by William F.Trimble xi Series Editors’ Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv A Note on the Text xvii Abbreviations xix Introduction 1 1 Training with the FirstYale Unit March–September 1917 21 2 Early Days in Europe September–December 1917 43 3 With the RFC at Gosport,Turnberry, and Ayr December 1917–March 1918 87 4 On Patrol—At NAS Dunkirk and with the RAF in Flanders March–May 1918 141 5 The Navy’s Big Show—The Northern Bombing Group May–August 1918 183 6 Hero of the Angry Sky—Serving with No.213 Squadron August–October 1918 215 7 Eastleigh and Home October–December 1918 285 8 A Glance Back June 1924 313 Afterword 327 vi Contents Appendix 1: David Ingalls’sVictories with No.213 Squadron, RAF 337 Appendix 2: David Ingalls’s Technical Notes,Turnberry, Scotland 339 Bibliography 363 Index 369 ...