P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Aircraft of the Aces
ISBN-10
1855326981
ISBN-13
9781855326989
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Osprey Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 5th, 1998
Print length
100 Pages
Weight
324 grams
Dimensions
24.70 x 18.60 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
European historyHistory of the AmericasSecond World WarAir forces & warfareWeapons & equipment
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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. This volume presents archival photographs, scale drawings and interviews with several leading Lightning aces.
The P-38 made its combat debut in Europe in mid-1942, the first American fighters being flown to the UK before heading further east to Twelfth Air Force units in North Africa. Its service in this theatre, and later over the heartland of Germany itself, earned the P-38 the nickname ''der gabelschwanzer Teufel'' (the ''fork-tailed'' devil). This volume traces the careers of many previously unknown aces within the USAAF in Europe, and helps redress the balance which has in the past seen all the ''glory'' for the fighter victories in this theatre shared between the pilots of the P-47 and P-51. Some 17 pilots scored 7 or more kills on the P-38 in the ETO/MTO.
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