Angels on Board: Heroic flight nurses of World War II

by Nancy Polette

Between 1942 and the end of 1944, 1514 flight nurses were trained at Bowman Field, Louisville, KY. 18 Medical Air Evacuation Squadrons were formed that transported 1,176,048 sick and wounded soldiers, sailors and Marines. These flight nurses were pioneers in the intensive care of patients in flight in Europe, the Pacific, China and Burma using the C-47, C-46 and C-54s as flying hospitals from battle aid station to inter-theatre and inter-continental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507630530
• ISBN13: 9781507630532
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"