Angles in the Sky

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JACKET PHOTOGRAPH: “101 Pilots with Messerschmitt,” Courtesy of Mitchell Flint, Colorized by Mads Madsen / Colorized History

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Gandt, Robert L., author.
Title: Angels in the sky : how a band of volunteer airmen saved the new state of Israel / Robert Gandt.
Description: First edition. | New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017028807 | ISBN 9780393254778 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Israel-Arab War, 1948–1949—Aerial operations | Fighter pilots—Biography. | Israel. H·el ha-av·ir—History. | Airplanes,
Military—Israel—History.
Classification: LCC DS126.96.A3 G36 2017 | DDC 956.04/248095694–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017028807

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