Flying American Combat Aircraft of World War

Find out what it was like to fly some of the all-time classic aircraft of World War II, including the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, P-40 Kittyhawk, and many more! Riveting, first-person accounts that put the reader in the cockpit. Includes dozens of photographs of the planes and the pilots that flew and fought in the skies from Tokyo to Berlin.

Robin Higham is a veteran of the Royal Air Force and professor emeritus of history at Kansas State University. Former editor of Aerospace Historian, he has written or edited numerous works on aviation history.

Preface

vii

Introduction

Robin Higham and Charles D. Bright

ix

The Forty, The Spit, and The Jug

John A.C. Andrews

1

(16)

B-17 Flying Fortress

James V. Edmundson

17

(14)

B-25 Mitchell

Keith R. Matzinger

31

(8)

P-26 Peashooter

Ross G. Hoyt

39

(8)

Flying the North American O-47 and the Gurtiss-Wright O-52

Rick Glasebrook

47

(14)

P-38 Lightning

Royal D. Frey

61

(14)

The Vultee BT-13A

Al Strunk with Robin Higham

75

(12)

B-24 Liberator

Carl H. Fritsche

87

(18)

The P-39 Airacobra in Europe

James J. Hudson

105

(12)

The B-18-A Reminiscence

Winton R. Close

117

(8)

C-54 Skymaster

John F. Ohlinger

125

(10)

P-51 Mustang

John A. De Vries

135

(12)

P-47 Thunderbolt

Mark E. Bradley with Helen Porter

147

(20)

CGO Glider

Arthur J. Thomas

167

(16)

The P-40

Bruce K. Holloway

183

(14)

B-26 Marauder

Douglas C. Conley

197

(10)

The Flying Fortress and the Liberator

Ira C. Ecker

207

(6)

The XP-40

Mark E. Bradley

213

(12)

The AT-6

Wayne S. Cole

225

(8)

B-25 Mitchell

Arthur J. Thomas

233

(8)

C-47 Dakota

Robin Higham

241

(10)

The Martin Bomber B-10, B-12, B-10B

Edward W. Virgin

251

(8)

P-39 Airacobra

Richard D. Kent

259

(8)

South Atlantic Express

Winton R. Close

267

(12)

P-40 Kittyhawk

Donald M. Marks

279

(10)

B-26 Invader

William Carigan

289

(12)

C-46 Commando

William S. Woznek

301

(8)

Spitfire VIII vs P-51 Mustang

Charles M. McCorkle

309

(12)

B-29 Superfortress

Haywood S. Hansell, Jr

321

(12)

Index

333

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Flying American Combat Aircraft of World War II 1939-45

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