War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley

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War Bird Ace Number Eight C. A. Brannen Series Texas A&M University Press • College Station Jack Stokes Ballard WAR BIRD ACE The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley Copyright © 2007 by Jack Stokes Ballard Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Ballard, Jack S. War bird ace : the Great War exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley / Jack Stokes Ballard. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (C.A. Brannen series ; no. 8) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-58544-554-7 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-58544-554-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Kindley, Field Eugene, 1896-1920. 2. United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 148th. 3. World War, 1914-1918—Aerial operations, American. 4. World War, 1914-1918—Regimental histories—United States. 5. World War, 1914-1918—Campaigns— France. 6. Fighter pilots—United States—Biography. I. Title. D606.B36 2007 940.4'4973092—dc22 [B] 2006021612 THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS LEFT NOW OF WINNING THE WAR, AND THEY BOTH BEGIN WITH A. ONE IS AEROPLANES AND THE OTHER IS AMERICA. —Winston Churchill, Munitions Ministry, September 1917 ...