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Seized by the Sun: The Life and Disappearance of World War II Pilot Gertrude Tompkins
by James W. Ure
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Synopsis : Of the 38 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) confirmed or presumed dead in World War II, only one?Gertrude ?Tommy? Tompkins?is still missing. On October 26, 1944, the 32-year-old fighter plane pilot lifted off from Mines Field in Los Angeles. She was never seen again.Seized by the Sun is the story of a remarkable woman who overcame a troubled childhood and the societal constraints of her time to find her calling flying the fastest and most powerful airplane of World War II. It is also a compelling unsolved mystery.Born in 1912 to a wealthy New Jersey family, Gertrude?s childhood was marked by her mother?s bouts with depression and her father?s relentless search for a cure for the debilitating stutter that afflicted Gertrude throughout her life. Teased and struggling in school, young Gertrude retreated to a solitary existence. As a young woman she dabbled in raising goats and aimlessly crisscrossed the globe in an attempt to discover her purpose.As war loomed in Europe, Gertrude
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Author : James W. Ure
Pages : 194 pages
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 1613735871
ISBN-13 : 9781613735879