Missions Remembered: Recollections of the World War II Air War

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From bailouts to belly landings flaming cockpits to lurching carrier decks here are the heoic tales of pilots from all backgrounds united by a desire to fight their countrys enemy to the finish. Drawn from a small corner of Tennessee these men flew in all theatres of combat in every front-line fighter aircraft. They soared to victory in the air--and fled from capture on the ground. This is a memorable anthhology of combat tales with great appeal both for veterans and historians.