Questions About The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight

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Were you able to note the many technical errors in the book?

James P. Klag Not just technical errors but easily corrected errors of historical fact. Too bad. A great idea miserably executed. I'm reading the audio version and …moreNot just technical errors but easily corrected errors of historical fact. Too bad. A great idea miserably executed. I'm reading the audio version and the narrator is pouring gasoline on the fire. He can't pronounce most foreign names and places.

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THE AVIATORS IS LOADED WITH FACTUAL ERRORS. HOW MANY CAN YOU NAME?

Patrick Hamblin Groom also identified the Stuka as being one of the main bombers in the Battle of Britain. In actuality, the Heinkel 111 was the primary German bomber…moreGroom also identified the Stuka as being one of the main bombers in the Battle of Britain. In actuality, the Heinkel 111 was the primary German bomber. (less)

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Groom has made several errors of fact particularly with respect to Nazi Germany. One, he states that Hitler was elected to lead Germany. Next, in a later chapter, he states that Germany "...conquered Finland, Sweden, Norway...etc." Basic research would show him that Sweden and Finland were not conquered by the Nazis (and Denmark was) and that Hitler was not elected but appointed by von Hindenberg. What's up?

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