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Lion in the sky : US 8th Air Force fighter operations, 1942-45

Title
Lion in the sky : US 8th Air Force fighter operations, 1942-45 / Jerry Scutts.
Author
Scutts, Jerry.
Publication
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire : P. Stephens, 1987.

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Description
152 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th > History
  • United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th
  • 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
  • Military operations, Aerial > American
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
  • History.
  • Personal narratives – American.
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Legacy of eagles -- 'Thunderbolts kommen' -- Longer legs -- Finding the form -- Fork-tailed friend -- No quarter -- Ace race -- Watch on the wing -- More muscle -- 'Planes overhead will be ours' -- New threat -- Contingencies -- Jets and shuttles -- 'Clobber 'em' -- Anything that moves -- Jet nemesis -- Curtain -- Appendix: the aces.
ISBN
  • 0850597889
  • 9780850597882
  • 9780808597889
  • 0808597884
  • 0808597889 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
87179528
OCLC
  • ocm18014759
  • 18014759
  • SCSB-1198699
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library