THROWN INTO ACTION FOLLOWING THE TORCH LANDINGS OF LATE 1942, THE 'GREEN' AMERICAN PILOTS FLYING THE OBSOLESCENT P-40F SUFFERED CRUELLY AT THE HANDS OF SEASONED GERMAN FIGHTER PILOTS FLYING SUPERIOR MACHINES. Those that survived learnt quickly, and a handful of Warhawk pilots succeeded in making ace by the time the Axis forces surrendered in North Africa. The action then shifted to Sicily and Italy, and the P-40 remained in service until mid-1944. This book charts the careers of the 23 men who succeeded in making ace during that time, despite the advent of much better P-47 and P-51 fighters.