P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO Paperback / softback
by John Stanaway
Illustrated by Tom Tullis
Part of the Aircraft of the Aces series
Paperback / softback
Description
Built by Lockheed to meet a USAAC requirement for a long-range, high-performance escort for the B-17 bomber, the P-38 Lightning made its combat debut in Europe in 1942.
Its service in several combat theatres earned it the nickname "der gabelschwanzer teufal", or "the fork-tailed devil".
Some 17 pilots scored seven or more kills in the P-38, with the top scorers, William J.
Sloan and Michael Brezas, scoring 12 kills each. This volume presents archival photographs of Lightnings, scale drawings and interviews with several leading Lightning aces.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:100 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:05/06/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9781855326989
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:100 pages, 100 b/w; 40 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:05/06/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9781855326989
