Grasshopper Pilot: A Memoir

ISBN: 0873388321

Author: Cummings, Julian William

Condition: Used

Julian Cummings began flying lightweight Piper Cubs as a young man and was recruited for the experimental and high-risk aerial reconnaissance unit of the Army's Third Infantry Division. In this memoir he chronicles his daring missions in both theaters of combat, from first flights in the North African campaign through the end of the war. He flew 485 missions and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery in Sicily.