It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read The Rescue of Bat 21 by Darrell D Whitcomb
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When his electronic warfare plane--call sign Bat 21--was shot down on 2 April 1972, fifty-three-year-old Air Force navigator Iceal “Gene” Hambleton parachuted into the middle of a North Vietnamese invasion force and set off the biggest and most controversial air rescue effort of the Vietnam War. Now, after twenty-five years of official secrecy, the story of that dangerous and costly rescue is revealed for the first time by a decorated Air Force pilot and Vietnam veteran. Involving personnel from all services, including the Coast Guard, the unorthodox rescue operation claimed the lives of...
The Rescue of Bat 21 by Darrell D Whitcomb is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.
This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read The Rescue of Bat 21 aloud.
The Rescue of Bat 21 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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