Ebook: First blue: the story of World War II Ace Butch Voris and the creation of the Blue Angels
Author: Voris Roy Marlin, Wilcox Robert K
- Tags: Armed Forces--Officers, Fighter pilots, Fighter pilots--United States, Military campaigns, World War 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean, History, Biographies, Biography, Voris Roy Marlin -- 1920-, Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography, World War 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean, United States. -- Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron -- History, United States. -- Navy -- Officers -- Biography, United States. -- Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron, United States. -- Navy, Armed Forces -- Office
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
- City: New York;Pacific Ocean;United States
- Edition: lst ed
- Language: English
- epub
The Remarkable Story of a True Hero of American Aviation
The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels are the most famous flight demonstration team in the world. While millions of aviation enthusiasts see their shows every year, the story of the man who formed the squadron has never been told. He is Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, a World War II Ace and one of only two aviators ever to command the Blue Angels twice.
First Blue details the epic journey of an unassuming man whose strong character and desire to fly launched him into a life of drama, heroism, and accomplishment unique in his field. Because he wanted to serve his country during World War II, a young Butch Voris found himself flying fighter planes as part of the pitifully prepared and outmanned front in the early stages of the Pacific theater. He was nearly killed there but went on to be a leader in one of the most fearsome naval air squadrons in the Pacific. As a pilot, Butch is unquestionably in the same...