Fighting the Flying Circus Free Audiobook Download by Eddie Rickenbacker

"In my time, I have seen and heard many claims of the great superiority of one airplane over another," Eddie Rickenbacker wrote, "but I do not believe that anything has ever been proved. An airplane is only a machine - a rather complicated one, it is true - but a machine that was devised to propel people through the air at high speeds."

"Fighting the Flying Circus" is a 1944 autobiography of businessman, aviation pioneer and fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker. The book is considered to be the first book of WWII memoirs and it chronicles Rickenbacker's career in aviation, personal life, and struggles with World War I flying circus.

Eddie Rickenbacker was a WWI fighter ace and later director of the Air Force. He was the first American to fly in combat against German warplanes and is credited with shooting down or driving down over 100 enemy aircraft. In this work, he recounts his many adventures during World War I, including how he led a group of American fliers to rescue two downed pilots in Germany, participating in the first U.S. air raid on Germany as well as numerous gun battles with German fighters and bombers.

Fighting the Flying Circus is a biography of Lieutenant Colonel Eddie Rickenbacker that was written by Donald L. Miller. It tells of his career, during the World War I and II, as a fighter pilot in both wars. In 1944 and 1945, he was commander of the famed 8th Air Force in Europe.

This is a personal memoir of Rickenbacker's personal experiences in WW2. It takes the reader on a journey from growing up with his family to joining the Army, fighting in North Africa and Europe, and coming home to start an airplane manufacturing company. Rickenbacker talks about the training that he underwent and why it was so important for him to endure all of this pain.