Flying for the Air Service: The Hughes Brothers in World War 1

by David Kirk Vaughan, Gerard Hughes, George Hughes

Flying for the Air Service provides a realistic picture of the typical flying experiences of the pilots who flew for the fledgling American Air Service during World War I. The narrative describes two brothers from Boston, George and Gerard Hughes, as they progress from apprentice pilots to flight instructors and combat pilots. After completing their pilot training program together, both were assigned as instructors. Then George was sent to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879727624
• ISBN13: 9780879727628
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"