Angel is Airborne: JFK's Final Flight from Dallas

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, and within hours the presidency had changed hands. This book follows the flight that carried Kennedy's body and his successor, Lyndon Johnson, back to Washington aboard Air Force One. Drawing on hour-by-hour detail, it looks at the aircraft, its crew, the Secret Service agents and the political figures who gathered during the trip. It reconstructs the tense ride from Dallas to Andrews Air Force Base as the country tried to absorb what had happened.

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