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VIII Fighter Command at War: 'Long Reach'

VIII Fighter Command at War: 'Long Reach'

Paperback

Series: Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey), Book 31

Air Combat

Publisher Price: $27.00

ISBN10: 1855329077
ISBN13: 9781855329072
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: Dec 25 2000
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.38 Width: 7.29 Depth: 9.75
Language: English
This volume focuses on the little known official Army Air Force report commissioned by the Eighth Air Force's VIII Fighter Command (FC) in May 1944. The detailed document chronicled the experiences of 24 pilots who had seen extensive service in the frontline escorting B-17s and B-24s on daylight raids deep into Germany. Briefed to provide a candid report on combat flying that could be used as a teaching 'manual' for potential fighter pilots, the VIII FC veterans openly discuss their secrets to success, and survival in the deadly skies over occupied Europe. Exactly half of those pilots who contributed to The Long Reach subsequently achieved ace status.

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