Chris Bucholtz

Mustang Aces of the 357th Fighter Group (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Davey, Chris

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The 357th Fighter Group produced 42 aces, more than any other group within the USAAF. It was also the first group in the Eighth Air Force to be equipped with the P-51. Thanks to this fighter and the talented pilots assigned to the group (men such as Bud Anderson, Kit Carson, John England and Chuck Yeager) the 357th achieved a faster rate of aerial victories than any other Eighth Air Force group during the final year of the war. It also claimed the highest number of aerial kills - 56 - in a single mission. The group was awarded two Distinguished Unit Citations (the unit equivalent of the Medal of Honor). Written by Chris Bucholtz, this book is crammed full of first-hand accounts, superb photography and some of the most colorful profiles to be found in World War II aviation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782008729
• Artikelnr.: 44626382

Autorenporträt

Chris Bucholtz embarked on a writing career after a six-year stint in the US Navy. His books include bestselling titles for Osprey's AEU and ACE series. He has written about military aviation for Aviation Enthusiast, Flight Journal and Scale Aircraft Modelling. An avid scale modeller, he is the managing editor of the IPMS/USA Journal, and runs his own scale model detail parts company, Obscureco. Chris, a California native, lives with his wife Elizabeth and his daughter Amelia in Alameda.

Inhaltsangabe

Raydon Warriors
On to Berlin
Supporting D-Day
Long-range Operations
High-scoring missions
Appendices
Ace listings
Aircraft listings
Plates commentaries