Finding pilots downed behind enemy lines New biography—the first—of the man who created the techniques we use today

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University of Michigan Press www.press.umich.edu Finding pilots downed behind enemy lines New biography—the first—of the man who created the techniques we use today

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University of Michigan Press

www.press.umich.edu

Finding pilots downed behind enemy lines

New biography—the first—of the man who created the techniques we use today

Lost Eagles: One Man’s Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars

By Blaine Pardoe Cloth 978-0-472-11752-9 / $32.50 Publication Date: October 2010

Few people have ever heard of Frederick Zinn, yet even today airmen’s families are

touched by this man and the work he performed in both world wars Zinn created the

techniques still in use to determine the final fate of airmen missing in action The last line

of the Air Force Creed reads, “We will leave no airman behind.” Zinn made that promise

possible

Blaine Pardoe weaves together the complex story of a man who brought peace and

closure to countless families who lost airmen during both world wars His lasting

contribution to warfare was a combination of his methodology for locating the remains of

missing pilots (known as the Zinn system) and his innovation of imprinting all aircraft

parts with the same serial number so that if a wreck was located, the crewman could be

identified The tradition he established for seeking and recovering airmen is carried on to

this day

Pardoe is an accomplished author who has published dozens of military fiction novels and other

books, including the widely acclaimed Cubicle Warfare: Self-Defense Tactics for Today's

Hypercompetitive Workplace.

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