The 14th Fighter Group In World War Ii
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| Author | : John W. Lambert |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 165 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780764329210 |
The Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942 included the USAAF's Lockheed P-38 equipped 14th Fighter Group. Flying long-range, high-altitude escort missions as well as low level ground support sorties, the 14th engaged in three months of grinding attrition. Another squadron arrived from the U.S. along with new P-38s and the revitalized 14th returned to the Mediterranean air war in May 1943 where they flew combat for another two years battling the German, Hungarian, Rumanian, and even the Russian air forces.
| Author | : John D. Mullins |
| Publisher | : Specialty Press |
| Total Pages | : 189 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781883809034 |
The definitive World War II history of the U.S. Air Force's oldest fighter unit.
| Author | : William N Hess |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2013-02-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472802047 |
Featuring photographs throughout, an illustrated history of the 49th FG, sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java. Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners' handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated forces that had fled from the Philippines and Java. This book assesses the outstanding performance of the 49th FG, pitted against superior Japanese forces. By VJ-Day the group had scored 668 aerial victories and won three Distinguished Unit Citations and ten campaign stars for its outstanding efforts.
| Author | : Maurer Maurer |
| Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 520 |
| Release | : 1961 |
| Genre | : United States |
| ISBN | : 1428915850 |
| Author | : United States. USAF Historical Division |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 856 |
| Release | : 1969 |
| Genre | : United States |
| ISBN | : |
This collection of squadron histories has been prepared by the USAF Historical Division to complement the Division's book, Air Force Combat Units of World War II. The 1,226 units covered by this volume are the combat (tactical) squadrons that were active between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945. Each squadron is traced from its beginning through 5 March 1963, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the 1st Aero (later Bombardment) Squadron, the first Army unit to be equipped with aircraft for tactical operations. For each squadron there is a statement of the official lineage and data on the unit's assignments, stations, aircraft and missiles, operations, service streamers, campaign participation, decorations, and emblem.
| Author | : Lt Col Jay A. Stout |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 466 |
| Release | : 2012-10-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0811748677 |
Jay Stout breaks new ground in World War II aviation history with this gripping account of one of the war's most highly decorated American fighter groups.
| Author | : Robert L. Richardson |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2017-04-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0811765725 |
The World War II fighter-pilot story On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P-38 Lightning fighter in a squadron sent out to sweep the island and interdict German ground targets. Retreating German infantry unexpectedly pounded the American flyers. Knepper was one of two shot down; he was never found. Knepper’s story is the story-in-microcosm of thousands of American fighter pilots in World War II. Richardson recounts Knepper’s experiences from training through combat and uses them to discuss the aircraft, tactics and doctrine, training, base life, and aerial combat of the war. This is the intimate account of one pilot at war, but also the anatomy of the fighter-pilot experience in World War II.
| Author | : Kent Miller |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Mustang (Fighter plane) |
| ISBN | : 9780764316296 |
This history sheds light on the achievements of the 363rd for the period it flew escort and ground support missions over Europe. The day-to-day operations are interspersed with quotes from the group and squadron diaries, and supplemented by an exhaustive appendix to give the reader a look into the combat activities of this little known Army Air Force organization.
| Author | : Larry Davis |
| Publisher | : Squadron/Signal Publications |
| Total Pages | : 79 |
| Release | : 2007-01-01 |
| Genre | : Fighter pilots |
| ISBN | : 9780897475150 |
| Author | : John Stanaway |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2013-02-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472802055 |
Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific, the 475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief, General George C Kenney. From the time the group entered combat in August 1943 until the end of the war it was the fastest scoring group in the Pacific and remained one of the crack fighter units in the entire US Army Air Forces with a final total of some 550 credited aerial victories. Amongst its pilots were the leading American aces of all time, Dick Bong and Tom McGuire, with high-scoring pilots Danny Roberts and John Loisel also serving with the 475th. This book details these pilots, the planes they flew and the campaigns and battles they fought in including such famous names as Dobodura, the Huon Gulf, Oro Bay, Rabaul, Hollandia, the Philippines and Luzon.
