P-38 Lightning Aces Of The Eto/mto (osprey Aircraft Of The Aces No 19)
by John Stanaway /
1998 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
