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Aces of the 78th Fighter Group (Aircraft of the Aces) by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Breite
- 18.3 cm
- EAN
- 9781780967158
- ISBN
- 9781780967158
- UPC
- 9781780967158
- Autor
- N/A
- MPN
- N/A
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Länge
- 24.6 cm
- Sprache
- Eng
- Buchtitel
- N/A
- Gewicht
- 0.29 kg
- Höhe
- 1 cm
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1780967152
ISBN-13
9781780967158
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160105080
Product Key Features
Book Title
Aces of the 78th Fighter Group
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military / Aviation
Illustrator
Yes, Postlethwaite, Mark, Davey, Chris
Genre
History
Book Series
Aircraft of the Aces Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
9.9 in
Item Width
7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"This is more than just another entry in the superb Osprey 'Aces" series because the fast-paced prose is tempered by the writing skills of veteran author Thomas McKelvey Cleaver...Cleaver's research shines through in his meticulous accounting of dates, times and places. Equally important, his writing accurately portrays service personnel as representative of a significant portion of the nation's population - a far cry from the situation today." --Aviation History magazine, "This is more than just another entry in the superb Osprey 'Aces' series because the fast-paced prose is tempered by the writing skills of veteran author Thomas McKelvey Cleaver...Cleaver's research shines through in his meticulous accounting of dates, times and places. Equally important, his writing accurately portrays service personnel as representative of a significant portion of the nation's population -- a far cry from the situation today." -- Aviation History magazine
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
115
Dewey Decimal
940.544973
Table Of Content
30 July 1943 Beginnings Against the odds Battle of Germany Liberating Europe Coming of the Mustang Appendices
Synopsis
Eighth Air Force 78th FG flew P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, and P-51 Mustang fighters in air combat against German Luftwaffe Me-109, Fw-190, and Me-262 aircraft. The 78th FG was originally established as the fourth of the P-38 fighter groups that were expected to perform fighter escort in the newly formed Eighth Air Force. Arriving in England in November 1942, the group lost most of its personnel and all of its aircraft as attrition replacements to units in the North African theatre in February 1943. Left with no flying personnel other than flight leaders, and no aircraft, the group was re-equipped with the P-47 Thunderbolt and newly trained P-47 pilots in March 1943. The 78th flew its first sweep along the Dutch coast in April in company with the 4th FG. Along with the 56th FG, these groups would be the first units in VIII Fighter Command, and as such "wrote the book" on long range fighter escort in the ETO. The 78th FG would ultimately prove to be the only Eighth Air Force fighter group to have flown the P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, and P-51 Mustang in its operational career. Flying from Duxford, in Cambridgeshire, the group's pilots shot down 316 enemy aircraft in air combat, with a further 144 claimed as probables or damaged. Once turned loose in 1944 to attack German airfields, the 78th was also credited with the destruction of 320 aircraft by strafing. The story of the 78th FG will be researched through extensive first-person interviews with eight surviving pilots and ground personnel of the unit, and also using previously recorded interviews with two leading ace pilots who are no longer alive. Photos will be gathered from surviving group members where possible, with emphasis on never-before-published imagery, in addition to other photos from historical collections., Dubbed the 'Eagles of Duxford', the 78th Fighter Group (FG) was unique in being the only fighter unit in the 'Mighty Eighth' to fly the P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang operationally.
LC Classification Number
D790
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