Seized by the Sun

First edition

Published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated

814 North Franklin Street

Chicago, Illinois 60610

ISBN 978-1-61373-587-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ure, James W., 1939– author.

Title: Seized by the sun : the life and disappearance of World War II pilot Gertrude Tompkins / James W. Ure.

Description: First edition. | Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, 2017. | Series: Women of action | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Silver, Gertrude Tompkins, 1911–1944. | Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)—Biography. | World War, 1939–1945—Participation, Female. | World War, 1939–1945—Aerial operations, American. | Air pilots, Military—United States—Biography. | Women air pilots—United States—Biography.

Classification: LCC D790.5 .U74 2017 (print) | LCC D790.5 (ebook) | DDC 940.54/4973092 [B] —dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016047279

Interior design: Sarah Olson

Printed in the United States of America

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