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- ID
- c105
- Title
- "Men Who Fly Above Fear."
- Genre
- Essay
- Page Count
- 2
- Word Count
- 1200
- Publisher
- New York Times
- Publication Year
- 1943
- Document Types
- Full-text Online
- Topics
- Pilots, War
An essay on the specialized lingo of war pilots, and its reflection of "the calm confidence born of the conquest of fear," published about two years after Bates's induction into the Royal Air Force as a writer of the 'Flying Officer X' stories.
In the New York Times Magazine (September 5, 1943, pp. 8-9, attached).
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