Dorothy the brave by Bowne, Meghan P. 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2022)

BTSB #: 162846 Available

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 4-8   
F&P: R

Genres:

Subjects: Lucas, Dorothy Ann Smith Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) Women air pilots - Biography Military air pilots - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 - Female participation

Summary: After the devastating news of Pearl Harbor, Dorothy decided to do her part and enlist to serve as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). After hours of flight school and roaring engines, Dorothy and her fellow WASPs risked their lives to tow targets in the air for male fighter pilots in training.

I am Osage : how Clarence Tinker became the first Native American Major General by Rogers, Kim 

BTSB Prebound(Heartdrum, 2024)

BTSB #: 762028 Available

Dewey: 355.0092/BAges: 4-8   


Genres:

Subjects: Tinker, Clarence Leonard United States.|bArmy.|bAir Corps - Biography Osage Indians World War, 1939-1945 - Native American participation Generals - United States - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations

Summary: A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II.

Raid of no return [Nathan Hale's hazardous tales]by Hale, Nathan 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2017)

BTSB #: 412111 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.6 MG RC: 3.6 6-8 Lexile: 480 GN F&P: Y

Genres:

Subjects: Doolittle, James Harold,|d1896-1993 World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Japan Tokyo (Japan) - History|yBombardment, 1942

Summary: Nathan Hale tackles the air battles of World War II. In graphic novel format.

Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive by Hillenbrand, Laura 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 445353 Temp OS

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 6.4 UG RC: 8.6 9-12 Lexile: 850

Genres:

Subjects: Zamperini, Louis,|d1917-2014 World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons - Japan Prisoners of war - United States - Biography Prisoners of war - Japan - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations Long-distance runners - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography

Summary: An Olympian becomes an airman when World War II breaks out. When his plane crashes in the Pacific, he begins a journey driving him to the limits of endurance where he responds to desperation with ingenuity, to suffering with hope and humor, to brutality with rebellion.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? [Who Was?]by Smith, Sherri L. 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2018)

BTSB #: 831184 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: United States.|bArmy Air Forces.|b99th Fighter Squadron - History World War, 1939-1945 - African American participation African American air pilots - History African American air pilots World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States

Summary: All about the heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? [Who Was?]by Smith, Sherri L. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2018)

BTSB #: 831186 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: W

Genres:

Subjects: United States.|bArmy Air Forces.|b99th Fighter Squadron - History World War, 1939-1945 - African American participation African American air pilots - History African American air pilots World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States

Summary: All about the heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.