{"product_id":"nightfighter-radar-intercept-killer-9781455615315","title":"Nightfighter: Radar Intercept Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA biography of the leader of the top scoring Nightfighter Squadron who risked their lives flying through darkness in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.  During World War II  the job of a nightfighter was akin to a deadly game of hide-and-seek in a pitch-black sky. Each pilots life literally depended on his radio link to support personnel on the ground. Electrical failures could be catastrophic and engine trouble usually proved fatal. Unlike other fighter pilots  these men had zero visual perspective. Alone in a cockpit  it was easy for their minds to play tricks on them  but for nightfighters  a few moments of vertigo were a death sentence ...  No one knew this better than then-ranked Lt. Col. Marion Milton \"Black Mac\" Magruder. His highly classified training program required each of his \"scrappers\" to identify every part of the cockpit environment by sound  smell  and touch. Strict  innovative  and intense  this no-nonsense marine would lead his men to the Okinawa Campaign  in an emergency deployment after a year in combat  in the longest over-water flight of single-engined fighters in the Pacific Theatre  just to get into the fight. During their time on Okinawa and Engebi  VMF(N)533  also known as Black Macs Killers  experienced the worst typhoon season the island had seen in several hundred years. They also would become the target of the Giretsu  when the ruthless Japanese suicide warriors attacked Yontan Air Field  the only attack of its kind during the war. And even though the squadron arrived one month after battle commenced  the 533 held the record for all radar-intercept kills. Black Macs Killers set many records and earned many distinctions during the war  including the Presidential Unit Citation.  This biography follows Magruder through his military career  highlighting his accomplishments as leader of the top scoring Nightfighter Squadron in the Pacific Theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666248327221,"sku":"ByrdShop_1455615315","price":40.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781455615315.jpg?v=1782425008","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/nightfighter-radar-intercept-killer-9781455615315","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}