Overview
The BOTTISHAM FOUR
Mustangs of the 375th Fighter Squadron over England in July, 1944. Each of these aircraft has a story, as do their pilots. This book is about airplanes and men-Colonel Christian the commander of the 361st Fighter Group (in Lou IV) who disappeared after strafing a railroad yard; Lieutenant McCandliss who fought German jets and became a POW; the Katzenjammer Kids: Bill Kemp, a six plane ace who took on forty Luftwaffe fighters in E2S, and Ben Drew (in E2S), a six plane ace who had his toughest fight in "Suzy G", was the first to shoot down two Me 262s and sank the world's largest airplane; and Georg-Peter Eder, Luftwaffe ace who shot down more heavy bombers and had more victories flying the Me 262 than any man in history.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780595206384
- ISBN-10: 0595206387
- Publisher: iUniverse
- Publish Date: December 2001
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.92 x 0.73 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.99 pounds
- Page Count: 278
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