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Alone and Unarmed: 2017 Revised Edition of WWII Italy - Liaison Pilot's Memoirs 

Description: SALE! $17.99, regular $19.99! EXPANDED AND REVISED 2017 Edition. Now 412 pages! Over 110 illustrations and photographs. ALONE AND UNARMED is the story of a lone US Army Liaison Pilot, Staff Sergeant Ernest Kowalik, flying the military's version of the 65-hp Piper "Cub", during the Italian Campaign in WWII. Flying without an Observer, because he was the "spare" pilot for the 88th Division Artillery HQ Battalion, Kowalik actually flew more than twice the average number of sorties and hours than the typical division Liaison Pilot, often at dangerously low altitudes. Artillery spotting and scouting for the 88th Infantry "Blue Devil" Division, he saw a wide variety of action, from destroying large enemy guns and rescuing supply caravans from ambush, to making possible several significant breakthroughs of enemy lines. Join Staff Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Kowalik as he relives significant episodes of the world's struggle for freedom in that time. "Directing artillery fire from an unarmed, unarmored light aircraft was surely one of the most dangerous tasks performed on a daily basis during World War II. Flying from rough, unimproved airstrips, often within range of enemy shellfire, added to the perils faced by Field Artillery pilots, as did the ever present threat of bad weather. Such operations are covered in graphic detail by Ernest Kowalik, whose "Alone and Unarmed" is a welcome addition to the small number of books on a little known aspect of WWII." KEN WAKEFIELD, author of Lightplanes at War, The Flying Grasshoppers, and Luftwaffe Encore. About the Editor/Continuation edition: John R. Bayer worked with Mr. Kowalik to reprint his 1968 memoirs in 2005, and include much more in the way of illustrations, etc.; following Ernest’s passing, he was given permission by Ernest’s children to reprint his memoirs. John has an extensive background in history and freelance writing, and an MA with an emphasis in screenwriting from the State University of New York.

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Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Features: Revised Edition

Subjects: History & Military

California Prop 65 Warning: N/A

Format: Paperback

Personalize: No

Age Level: Adults, Young Adults

Special Attributes: Illustrated

Series: None

Modified Item: No

Cookery Topic: N/A

Country: USA, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom

Regional Cuisine: N/A

Subject: History

Topic: WWII (1939-45), Memoir

Book Series: WWII Aviation

Era: 1940s

Region: Italy

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Ex Libris: No

Edition: Revised Edition

Modification Description: N/A

Language: English

Publication Year: 2017

Book Title: Alone and Unarmed

City: Rome, Florence

Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults

Author: Ernest E. Kowalik

Original Language: English

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Publisher: Self-published

Inscribed: No

Signed: Yes

Genre: History

Personalized: No

Type: Memoirs

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