Wings of War: Great Combat Tales of Allied and Axis Pilots During World War II

by James P. Busha, Steve Hinton

Overview

Experience the exciting combat tales of both Allied and Axis pilots around the world during World War II! Wings of War encompasses the World War II air war from late 1939 through 1945 and provides a chronological snapshot not only of famous and significant events from the global air war, but also of other lesser-known events that are equally thrilling and important. Over three dozen different Allied and Axis airplanes are featured, giving you a unique experience at the controls of a variety of World War II's famed fighters, bombers, liaison, and jet airplanes. The action is truly global--from the skies over England, Greenland, mainland Europe, the African deserts, the CBI Theater, the entire Pacific Theater (including the Aleutians, Russia, Japan, and China) and many more, this is one book no fan of warbirds will want to miss! Here are just a few of the stories included about World War II aces from author Jim Busha's vast archival research and interviews: - A pilot that flew a P-36 against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, while still in his Sunday pajamas. - A B-25 pilot who launched off the USS Hornet along with his fellow Doolittle Raiders. - P-40 pilots who flew against Rommel and his Afrika Korps. - A PBY pilot helped locate and recover a downed Zero over the Aleutians, which was later used as a test bed to learn its deadly tricks.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627887793
Publisher:	Zenith Press
Publication date:	09/25/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	32 MB
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About the Author

James P. Busha is the editor for the EAA Warbirds of America and EAA Vintage Aircraft Association magazines as well as a contributing editor for Flight Journal and EAA Sport Aviation. He has had numerous articles published in Flypast, Aircraft Illustrated, Classic Aircraft, and Air & Space/Smithsonian. His interviews with veterans have complemented numerous John Dibbs images in aviation journals over the years, and in 2006 Busha and Dibbs published their first book together, titled The High Battleground (Boston Mills Press). By day, Jim is a detective/lieutenant for the Oshkosh Police Department in Wisconsin, where he has been employed for the last twenty-seven years. He has had a pilot's license since 1987 and owns and flies a restored 1943 Aeronca L-3, a single-engine U.S. Army Air Corps observation aircraft. Most recently, Jim authored The Fight in the Clouds (Zenith Press, 2014).