Isaiah's Eagles Rising

About the Book

They came in waves from the schools, factories, farms, and city streets, some driven by patriotism, but most with a dream. Bernard Nolan was one of the nearly 200,000 pilots who earned his wings during World War II.

Nolan relates the journey of a boy with a passion for flying airplanes: how an uneducated kid from a fractured home environment weaseled his way into the Army’s aviation cadet program and how his deliverance through flying threatened to unravel in the cold, lethal skies over Europe in 1944.

The author has imbedded his experiences within the context of the history of the air battle over Europe in 1943 and 1944. He explores why the Eighth Air Force lost a battle of attrition with the Luftwaffe in 1943, and how and why it eventually triumphed in mid 1944. In the cockpit realism and little known details are provided in discussions of evolving technology, formation assembly and flying, ever changing tactics by both sides, prospects for surviving aerial combat, what it is like to be shot down, and excellent comparisons of the two pivotal aircraft, the B-24 and B-17. Nolan flew both in combat.

About the Author

Nolan the airman – spent a lifetime in aerospace activities. Nolan’s Air Force career spanned 22 years during which he flew combat missions in the air campaign in Europe in 1944 followed by ten years as a transport pilot flying North Atlantic routes. After leaving the Air Force Nolan joined NASA where he was active managing an airborne research program and several satellite projects. He is the author of the book Isaiah’s Eagles Rising. Young the lawyer - served as both a prosecutor and defense counsel as a Navy Judge Advocate before serving in a variety of legal positions in private life. This is his first foray into fiction reaching deeply into life’s experiences for material. He lives in Alexandria and Louisa County, Virginia. The airman and the lawyer collaborate to bring you Wild Blue Murder.