The men who killed the Luftwaffe: the U.S. Army Air Forces against Germany in World War II
Jay A. Stout
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2010]
- Copyright:
- ©2010
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- Table of Contents:
- Building an air force
- The Nazis and Eaker
- Spaatz and Eaker go to England
- First mission and the move to North Africa
- Casablanca and fighters in North Africa
- Romance, submarines, and Sicily
- Tidalwave
- The gunners
- Black Thursday and long-range fighters
- Doolittle, phased escort, and freedom for the fighters
- Big week, interns, and flak
- Pilot training
- Ground attack and bomber bailouts
- The oil plan
- D-Day
- Fighter-on-fighter combat
- The men who made it possible
- Frantic
- Mishaps, miscues, and near things
- Jets, rockets, and Tante Ju
- More fighters and g's
- The big blow that wasn't
- The general falls
- Bodenplatte
- Deadly to the end.
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- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 420 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Call Numbers:
- D790.2 .S76 2010
- ISBNs:
- 9780811706599
0811706591 - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2010021067
- OCLC Numbers:
- 631748583