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An incipient mutiny : the story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps pilot revolt /

"An Incipient Mutiny" traces the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in 1907 up to the establishment of the Air Service of the National Army in 1918. It is a shocking account of shortsightedness, mismanagement, criminal fraud and cover-up that led ultimately to a p...

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Main Author:	Messimer, Dwight R., 1937- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Signal Corps. > Aviation Section > History. United States. > Army. > Signal Corps. > Aviation Section > Corrupt practices. United States. > Army. > Signal Corps. > Aeronautical Division > History. United States. > Army. > Signal Corps > Biography. Air pilots, Military > United States > Biography. Air pilots, Military > United States > History > 20th century. Aeronautics, Military > United States > History > 20th century.

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