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Author : Ernest R. McDowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816897506
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Checkertail Clan written by Ernest R. McDowell and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernest R. MACDOWELL (and HESS (William N.))
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Checkertail Clan: the 325th Fighter Group in North Africa and Italy ... Drawings by John Preston written by Ernest R. MACDOWELL (and HESS (William N.)) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom Ivie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780963033
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Aces of the 325th Fighter Group written by Tom Ivie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 325th FG was activated under General Order number 50 on 30 July 1942 and set up training operations at Theodore F Greene Field in Providence, Rhode Island. By mid-December 1942 the group was considered ready for combat and the alert for overseas duty arrived on 2 January 1943. The pilots and their P-40s departed on the carrier USS Ranger on 8 January and flew their aircraft off the vessel into Cazes airfield, near Casablanca, on 19 January 1943. After the remainder of the personnel arrived in late February, the group prepared for combat, and finally flew its first mission on 17 April 1943 as part of the Twelfth Air Force. During the next four months it participated in the North African campaign, and operations against enemy-held islands in the Mediterranean Sea. By the end of the Sicilian campaign on 17 August the 325th FG had scored 128 aerial victories, been the first P-40 unit to deliver 1,000-lb bombs against enemy targets and had escorted 1,100 bombers without losing a single one of them to enemy action.
Author : Ernest R. McDowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Checkertail Clan written by Ernest R. McDowell and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James A. Oleson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450290469
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)
Download or read book In Their Own Words - the Final Chapter written by James A. Oleson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 100 illustrious fi ghter aces and test pilots have granted personal glimpses from their military careers to help create this tribute to Americas patriotic and heroic fliers. IN THEIR OWN WORDS - THE FINAL CHAPTER - TRUE STORIES FROM AMERICAN FIGHTER ACES illuminates what it took to fl y and survive in hostile enemy skies and to test our new and unforgiving fighter aircraft. When I f irst began compiling information, interviewing and corresponding with our legendary fighter pilots, there were about 600 of the original 1,473 fighter aces still with us. It is now 2011 and only 10% of our American fi ghter aces are still living. I, and other military aviation enthusiasts are indeed fortunate that this book will again honor and tell the fi rst person accounts of nearly 50% of these remarkable remaining fi ghter pilots. Th e goal of this book is to write the fi nal chapter to this stunning legacy. A great deal of our nations rich military heritage is about to become extinct. In a very few years all our ace fi ghter pilots will be gone. Th e fact that our country is still free and speaking English instead of Japanese or German bears witness to their extraordinary deeds and courage.
Author : Louise A. Arnold-Friend
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Era of World War II written by Louise A. Arnold-Friend and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cory Peyton Graff
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439659060
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Southern California's World War II Aircraft written by Cory Peyton Graff and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cities of Los Angeles and San Diego were boomtowns during World War II. California aviation companies designed many of the greatest combat aircraft of the era, and bustling armies of women and men helped quickly churn them out by the thousands. An astounding 41 percent of all US warplanes came from California drawing boards during the war. These planes saw combat service everywhere--from the deserts of North Africa to the frozen tundra of Alaska. Southern California planes were the first to bomb Japan. They turned the tide at the Battle of Midway and dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines on D-Day. They flew tons of fuel, ammunition, and supplies over the treacherous Himalayan Mountains, relentlessly hounded enemy submarines and ships, and helped smash Nazi Germany's war-making industry with "thousand plane raids."
Author : US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Special Bibliographic Series written by US Army Military History Research Collection and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Special Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472836065
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book MiG Alley written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, among other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end of the Cold War, when Soviet records of the conflict were finally opened. Packed with first-hand accounts and covering the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, MiG Alley brings the war vividly to life and the record is finally set straight on a number of popular fabrications. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.
Author : Barrett Tillman
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1621572080
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Forgotten Fifteenth written by Barrett Tillman and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 1943—May 1945—The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler’s vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich’s southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a prideful place in the annals of American gallantry. In his new book, The Forgotten Airmen: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s Oil Supply, Tillman brings into focus a seldom-seen multinational cast of characters, including pilots from Axis nations Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria and many more remarkable individuals. They were the first generation of fliers—few of them professionals—to conduct a strategic bombing campaign against a major industrial nation. They suffered steady attrition and occasionally spectacular losses. In so doing, they contributed to the end of the most destructive war in history. The Forgotten Airmen is the first-ever detailed account of the Fifteenth Air Force in World War II and the brave men that history has abandoned. This book is a must-read for military history enthusiasts, veterans, current servicemen and their families. Includes glossy photo signature of historic pictures and documents
Author : Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472860225
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Turning The Tide written by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with personal accounts of the action, this is a vivid narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily in World War II. In 1942, the Western Allies needed to take the offensive against the Axis to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union. With planning for a cross-Channel invasion beset by logistical and operational difficulties, in May 1942 President Roosevelt ordered his military leaders to prepare to support the British in the Mediterranean. This led to the first USAAF units arriving in the Middle East in July, firstly as reinforcements for the British and later as part of the Operation Torch landings in French Morocco and Algeria in November. In little over ten months from the summer of 1942, the USAAF in North Africa grew from nothing to a senior partner, providing aircraft and crews the other Allies were unable to match. The Axis forces that had controlled almost the entire southern shore of the Mediterranean had been swept from the African continent – thanks in no small part to the efforts of the USAAF. Using first-hand accounts from pilots and other aircrew, Tom Cleaver describes how the USAAF units that landed in Morocco were forced to learn their own lessons in combat with veteran Luftwaffe units, and how the experience gained in the skies over North Africa and Sicily was invaluable in developing the air forces that would dominate the skies over Europe in the latter years of the war.
Author : Cory Graff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616732592
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (325 download)
Download or read book P-47 Thunderbolt at War written by Cory Graff and published by . This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl Molesworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184908470X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book P-40 Warhawk vs Bf 109 written by Carl Molesworth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-20 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the P-40 and the Bf 109 joined the air war over North Africa at nearly the same time in 1941, the German fighter had already racked up a considerable combat career, dating back to 1937 in Spain. In contrast, the P-40 was a bit of an unknown quantity and was making its combat debut in the hands of the RAF's Desert Air Force. Discover how the huge differences between the veteran Bf 109 and the new P-40 determined the tactics they adopted and the ultimate outcome of their epic confrontation in this new book. The author covers all aspects of the aerial battle, from the small, agile Bf 109's ability to operate more effectively at high altitudes through to the P-40's advantage in manoeuvrability, which outweighed its poor high altitude performance.
Author : James P. Busha
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1627887792
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Wings of War written by James P. Busha and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the exciting combat tales of both Allied and Axis pilots around the world during World War II.Wings of War encompasses the World War II air war from late 1939 through 1945 and provides a chronological snapshot not only of famous and significant events from the global air war, but also of other lesser-known events that are equally thrilling and important. Over three dozen different Allied and Axis airplanes are featured, giving you a unique experience at the controls of a variety of World War II’s famed fighters, bombers, liaison, and jet airplanes.Here are just a few of the stories included about World War II aces from author Jim Busha’s vast archival research and interviews: ·A pilot that flew a P-36 against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, while still in his Sunday pajamas. ·A B-25 pilot who launched off the USS Hornet along with his fellow Doolittle Raiders. ·P-40 pilots who flew against Rommel and his Afrika Korps. ·A PBY pilot helped locate and recover a downed Zero over the Aleutians, which was later used as a test bed to learn its deadly tricks. The action is truly global—from the skies over England, Greenland, mainland Europe, the African deserts, the CBI Theater, the entire Pacific Theater (including the Aleutians, Russia, Japan, and China), and many more—this is one book no fan of warbirds will want to miss!
Author : Eric Hammel
Publisher : Daniel Hammel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Aces Against Germany written by Eric Hammel and published by Daniel Hammel. This book was released on 2020-12-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ACES AGAINST GERMANY The American Aces Speak Volume II Eric Hammel In the second volume of his critically acclaimed series, The American Aces Speak, noted military historian Eric Hammel brings fresh first-person accounts from thirty-nine U.S. Army Air Corps fighter aces who blasted their way across the skies of North Africa, the Mediterranean, and northern and southern Europe in the great crusade against Hitler’s vaunted Luftwaffe and the other Axis air forces. Coupled with a clear, concise historical overview of America’s brilliant air war against the Axis in Europe and North Africa, Hammel’s detailed interviews bring out the most thrilling in-the-cockpit experiences of some of our country’s best pilots. Climb aboard a P-38 Lightning as Maj. Bill Leverette fights America’s highest-scoring single personal air battle against the Luftwaffe. And get into the cockpit of a P-47 Thunderbolt as 15-victory ace Capt. Don Bryan scores his dream kill by outwitting the pilot of a far speedier German jet in the closing days of the war in Europe. As he did in four companion volumes, Hammel has collected some of the very best air-combat tales from America’s war against Germany. Nearly all the stories in Aces Against Germany have never before been told, and the others have been enhanced by details and viewpoints brought out by Hammel’s superb interviewing Together, the five volumes of nearly 200 first-person aerial-combat stories from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam stand as an enduring testament to the combat airmen who fought their wars strapped into the cockpits of America’s lethal high-performance fighter aircraft. Aces Against Germany is a highly charged emotional rendering of the now-dim days of personal combat at the very edge of our living national history. There was never a war like it, and there never will be again. These are the stories of America’s eagles in their very own words. Critical Acclaim for The American Aces Speak Series The Book World says: “Aces Against Japan" is a thunderous, personal, high-adventure book giving our ‘men in the sky’ their own voice.” Book Page says: “Eric Hammel’s book is recommended reading. It is a must for any historian’s bookshelf.” The Library Journal says: “No PR hype or dry-as-dust prose here. Hammel allows his flyers to tell their stories in their own way. Exciting stuff aviation and World War II buffs will love.” The Providence Sunday Journal says: “A treat that deftly blends a chronology of the Pacific War with tales that would rival a Saturday action matinee.” Infantry Magazine says: “If you would like to read one book that will give you a broad overview and yet a detailed look at what a fighter pilot’s air war was like this is the book.” The Bookshelf says: “Hammel is one of our best military historians when it comes to presenting that often complex subject to the general public. He has demonstrated this facility in a number of fine books before [Aces Against Germany] and now he does so again. Not to be missed by either buff or scholar.”
Author : Best of Images of America
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738507552
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Rhode Island written by Best of Images of America and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
