Английская Википедия:Don Dwiggins

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Don Dwiggins was an American journalist and author, specializing in aviation.[1][2][3]

Dwiggins was born on November 13, 1918, in Plainfield, New Jersey. During World War II, he joined the United States Army Air Forces and worked as a flight instructor with the Royal Air Force.[1] Beginning in the late 1940s, Dwiggins worked as a free-lance journalist and editor, working for a variety of Los Angeles-based publications. A prolific author, he wrote numerous articles for aviation magazines, and authored several dozen books, most of them focusing on aviation history.[1] Between 1974 and 1982, he was a senior editor and columnist for Plane & Pilot magazine.[3]

He was married to author Olga Arabsky, and had two children, Don Lindsay and Toni Kay.[1] Dwiggins was killed in an automobile accident on December 10, 1988, along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California.[2] He had just finished work on a four-volume history of American aviation.[2]

Publications

During his career, Dwiggins authored over 40 books. This is a partial list.

Books


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