Angels, Bulldogs & Dragons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Angels, Bulldogs & Dragons write by Bill Marshall. This book was released on 1984. Angels, Bulldogs & Dragons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
JG26
JG26 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook JG26 write by Donald Caldwell. This book was released on 2013-11-20. JG26 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “This unique, impressive study presents a history in microcosm of the entire Luftwaffe Fighter Corps . . . [a] spellbinding work.” —Library Journal Jagdgeschwader 26, the German elite fighter unit, was more feared by the Allies than any other Luftwaffe group. Based on extensive archival research in Europe, personal combat diaries and interviews with more than 50 surviving pilots, Caldwell has assembled a superb day-to-day chronicle of JG 26 operations, from its first air victory in 1939 to its final combat patrol in 1945. A microcosm of World War II exists in the rise and fall of this famous fighter wing. For the first two years of the war it was an even match between the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitts and Focke Wulfs; but the scales tipped in favor of the Allies in 1943 with the arrival of the Eighth US Air Force and its peerless P-51 Mustang. The book has been endorsed by the top fighter commanders of three air forces: the RAF (Johnnie Johnson), the USAAF (Hub Zemke), and the Luftwaffe (Adolf Galland) and is considered essential reading for anyone interested in the aerial war of 1941–45.
An Ace of the Eighth
An Ace of the Eighth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Ace of the Eighth write by Norman J. Fortier. This book was released on 2007-12-18. An Ace of the Eighth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. FOR A FIGHTER PILOT IN THE MIGHTY EIGHTH, DEATH WAS ALWAYS A HEARTBEAT AWAY. When the skies of Europe blazed with the fiercest air battles in history, fighter pilots like Norman “Bud” Fortier were in the thick of it, flying four hundred miles an hour at thirty thousand feet, dodging flak and dueling with Nazi aces. In their role as “escorts” to Flying Fortresses and Liberators, the fighter squadrons’ ability to blast enemy aircraft from the sky was key to the success of pinpoint bombing raids on German oil refineries, communication and supply lines, and other crucial targets. Flying in formation with the bomber stream, Fortier and the rest of his squadron helped develop dive-bombing and strafing tactics for the Thunderbolts and Mustangs. As the war progressed, fighter squadrons began to carry out their own bombing missions. From blasting V-1 missile sites along France’s “rocket coast” and the hell-torn action of D day to the critical attacks on the Ruhr Valley and massive daylight raids on German industrial targets, Fortier was part of the Allies’ bitter struggle to bring the Nazi war machine to a halt. In describing his own hundred-plus missions and by including the accounts of fellow fighter pilots, Fortier recaptures the excitement and fiery terror of the world’s most dangerous cat-and-mouse game.
Frantic 7
Frantic 7 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Frantic 7 write by John Radzilowski. This book was released on 2017-09-19. Frantic 7 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An “amazingly detailed” and “inspiring” account of the only daytime air expedition to help Polish freedom fighters during World War II (Books Monthly). The Frantic operations were conceived in late 1943 during World War II, making Soviet airfields accessible to long-range American aircraft based in Italy and later England. Yet Stalin had to be persuaded by the United States to let them use Frantic to drop supplies to the Poles after the Warsaw Uprising began in 1944. On September 18, 1944, American B-17 Flying Fortresses, supported by fighter planes, dropped arms, ammunition, medical supplies, and food over the city of Warsaw. The assistance came too late and had no bearing on the situation of the Polish freedom fighters in Warsaw, but the events of that day—and the courage of 1,220 airmen who risked their lives—are still remembered by the Poles of Warsaw. “A thoroughly researched, impressively detailed, and exceptionally well written history,” this book gives a full narrative of the Frantic 7 operation itself (Midwest Book Review). Using firsthand accounts of the events from the freedom fighters on the ground in Warsaw, the fates of the young aircrew, in particular those of “I’ll Be Seeing You,” are told in detail. It also sets Frantic 7 in its political context and explains how the diplomatic wrangles helped set the stage for the breakdown in relations between the Soviet Union and the United States—and the beginning of the path to the Cold War.
The Window at St. Catherine's
The Window at St. Catherine's - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Window at St. Catherine's write by John F. Dobbertin Jr.. This book was released on 2005-08. The Window at St. Catherine's available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. If the fates had been just a shade different, we might all be flying to-and-from Cullerton International instead of O'Hare International. This is the incredible story of Bill Cullerton, a leading United States Army Air Force ace in World War Two. Few could have survived the harrowing ordeal he experienced. Here is a tale of salmon fishing, war, survival and friendship. This is the true story of The Window at St. Catherine's. ***** The Waffen-SS officer takes Bill's gun, jams it against his right side just under his rib cage. "For you the war is over," the Waffen-SS officer says. He pulls the trigger. ***** "The window at St. Catherine's is really a grabber 'hanging on every word' is a cliché so I won't use it, but it is a good read-solidly and well told." -William A. Rooney, co-author The Enola Gay and the Smithsonian Institution
