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Summary:

"The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE PLANE IN THE DREAM
• ch. 1 Hypnotized
• ch. 2 Flugzeug Konstrukteur
• ch. 3 100 Days
• ch. 4 Death from Above
• ch. 5 Turbine like a Typhoon
• ch. 6 Butcher Bird
• ch. 7 High Noon
• pt. TWO BIRD IN A CAGE
• ch. 8 Best Sport in the World
• ch. 9 One-Man Crusade
• ch. 10 Cross-Country Shuttle
• ch. 11 Cash and Corruption
• ch. 12 Huddle in the Orange Groves
• ch. 13 Picked Off like Geese
• ch. 14 Black Thursday
• pt. THREE HAWK OF HEAVEN
• ch. 15 Maverick Fighter Ace
• ch. 16 Jig Was Up
• ch. 17 Death of a Jockey

• ch. 18 Endless Roar Overhead
• ch. 19 Big Brother, Little Friend
• ch. 20 Oil Run
• ch. 21 Perfect Show
• ch. 22 Closing the Ring
• ch. 23 Buzz Bombs and Doodlebugs
• ch. 24 Fighter Boys
• ch. 25 Last Throw of the Dice
• ch. 26 Twilight for the Reich.

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Author/Creator:

White, David Fairbank, 1951- , author

Contributors:

White, Margaret Stanback , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Wings of war: the World War II fighter plane that saved the Allies and the believers who made it fly [by White, D.F.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Wings of war [by White, D.F.] ([New York] : Caliber, [2022] — ISBN 9781524746322; LCCN 2022026360)

Subjects:

United States Army Air Forces — History

Great Britain Royal Air Force — History

World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, British

Mustang (Fighter plane) — History

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Europe

Fighter pilots — United States — Biography

Fighter pilots — Great Britain — Biography

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 29, 2022).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

D785 .W45 2022eb

ISBNs:

9781524746346 (electronic book)
1524746347 (electronic book)
9781524746322 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022026361

OCLC Numbers:

1327843298

Other Control Numbers:

3191368 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp303261167