Wings of war : : the World War II Fighter Plane That Saved the Allies and the Believers who Made it fly
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Prologue: The Landmarks of a Nightmare -- PART ONE: THE PLANE IN THE DREAM -- Hypnotized -- Flugzeug Konstrukteur -- 100 Days -- Death from Above -- A Turbine like a Typhoon -- The Butcher Bird -- High Noon -- PART TWO: BIRD IN A CAGE -- The Best Sport in the World -- A One- Man Crusade -- A Cross- Country Shuttle -- Cash and Corruption -- Huddle in the Orange Groves -- Picked Off like Geese -- Black Thursday -- PART THREE: HAWK OF HEAVEN -- A Maverick Fighter Ace -- The Jig Was Up -- Death of a Jockey -- An Endless Roar Overhead -- Big Brother, Little Friend -- Oil Run -- A Perfect Show -- Closing the Ring -- Buzz Bombs and Doodlebugs -- Fighter Boys -- A Last Throw of the Dice -- Twilight for the Reich -- Epilogue: The Bells Toll.
"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.
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PUBLISHED
[New York] : Caliber, [2022]
Year Published: 2022
Description: x, 325 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781524746322
1524746320
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
White, Margaret Stanback,
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.