As a 19-year-old college freshman, in late fall of 1944, Ralph Jenks enlisted in the Army Air Corps. After a few weeks of basic and flight training, he was sent into England just after the D-Day invasion. Between June 1944 and February 1946, Ralph Jenks served as a ferrying pilot, delivering new planes to the battlefront and removing war-wearied ones. He flew 14 different types of planes, on missions in Europe and North Africa, and made life-long friends. Filled with photographs of the planes Ralph Jenks flew, and rich with ...
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As a 19-year-old college freshman, in late fall of 1944, Ralph Jenks enlisted in the Army Air Corps. After a few weeks of basic and flight training, he was sent into England just after the D-Day invasion. Between June 1944 and February 1946, Ralph Jenks served as a ferrying pilot, delivering new planes to the battlefront and removing war-wearied ones. He flew 14 different types of planes, on missions in Europe and North Africa, and made life-long friends. Filled with photographs of the planes Ralph Jenks flew, and rich with remembered details, High Mark 11 is a vivid account of the indelible, life-shaping experiences of a young WWII pilot from Oklahoma.
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