| 'Down to Earth' Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force Contributor(s): Hess, William N. (Author), Davey, Chris (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 184176437X ISBN-13: 9781841764375 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2003 Annotation: 'Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book. His official endorsement reveals just how important a document Down to Earth was to the teaching of tyro fighter pilots heading for action in the ETO. More leading aces were lost to flak whilst ground strafing than to German fighters. In this book William Hess has included biographies of all the pilots that originally contributed to this work back in 1943-44. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Aviation - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 940.544 |
| Series: Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.27" W x 9.78" (0.87 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |