Built by Lockheed to meet a USAAC requirement for a long-range, high-performance escort for the B-17 bomber, the P-38 Lightning made its combat debut in Europe in 1942. Its service in several combat theatres earned it the nickname "der gabelschwanzer teufal", or "the fork-tailed devil". Some 17 pilots scored seven or more kills in the P-38, with the top scorers, William J. Sloan and Michael Brezas, scoring 12 kills each. This volume presents archival photographs of Lightnings, scale drawings and interviews with several leading Lightning aces.
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Built by Lockheed to meet a USAAC requirement for a long-range, high-performance escort for the B-17 bomber, the P-38 Lightning made its combat debut in Europe in 1942. This volume presents archival photographs, scale drawings and interviews with several leading Lightning aces.
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Introduction
Pioneer P-38 Aces
Desert War
Mediterranean War
Eighth and Ninth Air Force Aces
Ground Claims
Appendices
This volume traces the careers of many previously unknown aces within the USAAF in Europe, and helps redress the balance of 'glory' for the fighter victories in this theatre towards the P-38 pilots.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781855326989
Publisert
1998-06-05
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
358 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
100
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
John Stanaway has written two best-selling volumes in the Aces series both covering the exploits of the greatest Pacific fighter of them all, the P-38 Lightning. He is also an official historian of the National P-38 Pilots’ Association.
Tom Tullis has illustrated a number of books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series.