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The Turtle and the Dreamboat'. The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation. By Jim Leeke. Lincoln NE: Potomac Books, 2022. Photographs. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 248. $29.95. ISBN: 978-1-64012413-6
The year 1946 was an incredibly complex time in world history. Just one year after the end of World War II, the Nuremburg trials were winding down; Stalin was exerting his new-found muscle against his former allies; the Able and Baker nuclear tests took place at Bikini Atoll; and, as happened in the 1920s, discussions about unifying all military air forces were underway.
There had been earlier unification attempts in both the US and abroad. In 1918, the Royal Naval Air Service merged with the Army's Royal Flying Corps to become the Royal Air Force. In 1936, the RAF was restructured...