Who Was Fatty Pearson?

Journal article

Tim Belknap

Air & Space Smithsonian, Vol.27(5), pp.62-67

2012

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Title: Who Was Fatty Pearson?
Author/Creator: Tim Belknap
Publication Details: Air & Space Smithsonian, Vol.27(5), pp.62-67
Annotation: Profiles the life of pilot Alexander Cuninghame Fatty Pearson. Belknap recounts Pearson s stint as an African bush pilot, his time as a commander of a World War II air squadron, which offered support to wounded soldiers at the front, and his tragic death in 1944. Briefly notes that Hemingway s experience on one of Pearson s African flights inspired the climax of The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991015132116203691