Lion in the sky : US 8th Air Force fighter operations, 1942-45 / Jerry Scutts.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Wellingborough, Northamptonshire : P. Stephens, 1987وصف:152 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0850597889 (hbk)
- D790 S36 1987
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D790 S36 1987 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000267775 |
Includes index.
Looks at the accomplishments of the volunteer eagle squadrons of the RAF and the squadrons of the U.S. 8th Air Force, and shares the experiences of individual pilots. History of the 8th's fighter squadrons based in Britain, with first-hand accounts of combat in Lightning, Thunderbolt and Mustang. This is the exciting, often humorous and frequently tragic story of the American 8th Air Force fighter pilots based in Britain during World War 2. Using first-hand accounts of their operations over enemy Europe, the result is a highly readable, informative, well illustrated book on a force which did as much as any other to win the war.