American volunteers Don Gentile (pronounced Jen-tilly) and John
Godfrey flew together as leader and wingman respectively, with the
USAAF 4th Fighter Group based at Debden near Cambridge in England. At
the end of their missions with the 4th the two of them had accounted
for over 58 enemy aircraft destroyed. Major Gentile had scored 22 air
and 6 ground kills before he was returned to the USA to help raise
money for the war effort. Major Godfrey was credited with 18 air and
12 ground kills before he was shot down and taken prisoner of war.
This is the story of their amazing adventures and wartime partnership
from their basic training in Canada and then onto England where they
first flew the Supermarine Spitfire. It continues with their transfer
to the USAAF 4th Fighter Group when the US entered the war and when
the two were retrained to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt and eventually the
superb P-51 Mustang. These two ace pilots loved life as much as flying
- and as well as being hell-bent on destroying the enemy in the skies
of Europe they also lived life to the full in their off-duty time in
England.
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Don Gentile & John Godfrey World War Two Flying Aces
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781473800656
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Pen & Sword Aviation (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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