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Awardwinning aviation writer barrett tillman has also written books on the corsair, crusader, hellcat, and dauntless dive bomber, all published by the naval institute press. Barrett tillman has 58 books on goodreads with 7530 ratings. Barrett tillman born 1948 is an american author who specializes in naval and aviation topics in addition to fiction and technical writing tillman s most influential book to date is on yankee station 1987, written with john b. Mar 15, 2014 first published in 1994, this stirring autobiography of a fighter and test pilot takes readers full throttle through carls imposing list of firsts. Pushing the envelope, marion eugene carl, marion e. Fictiondb is committed to providing the best possible fiction reference information.
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