It takes the average reader 3 hours and 11 minutes to read America's Top WW II Aces in Their Own Words by William N. Hess
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After each mission, America's World War II pilots were required by armed forces regulation to submit a report, written in their own words, of that day's events in the wartorn skies over Europe or the Pacific. This collection features a selection of those reports from the greatest American aces of the war -- Francis Gabreski, George Preddy, Hubert Zemke, Richard Bong, Richard McGuire, Chuck Yeager and others -- who recount engaging German and Japanese pilots in dogfights, tearing through enemy bomber formations, getting peppered with enemy machine-gun fire and nursing crippled Mustangs, Thunderbolts and Lightnings back to base. Photos of the aces and their aircraft, along with appendices listing names, units and victories, make this an invaluable reference for any aviation or history enthusiast.
America's Top WW II Aces in Their Own Words by William N. Hess is 191 pages long, and a total of 47,941 words.
This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 21 minutes to read America's Top WW II Aces in Their Own Words aloud.
America's Top WW II Aces in Their Own Words is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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