%0 CD %0 Audio %0 Book %A Bruning, John R. %E Troxell, Brian, %I Blackstone : Hachette Audio %D 2020 %C New York, NY %G English %@ 9781549103148 (Blackstone Library CD) %@ 1549103148 (Blackstone Library CD) %T Race of aces [WWII's elite airmen and the epic battle to become the masters of the sky] %7 Unabridged. %X In 1942, America's deadliest fighter pilot, or "ace of aces"--the legendary Eddie Rickenbacker--offered a bottle of bourbon to the first U.S. fighter pilot to break his record of twenty-six enemy planes shot down. Seizing on the challenge to motivate his men, General George Kenney promoted what they would come to call the "race of aces" as a way of boosting the spirits of his war-weary command. What developed was a wild three-year sprint for fame and glory, and the chance to be called America's greatest fighter pilot.