Long Reach VIII Fighter Command at War (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 31) (Aircraft of the Aces, 31) - Softcover

O'Leary, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855329077 ISBN 13: 9781855329072

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series combines full colour artwork, the best archival contemporary photography, and first hand accounts from aces to bring history's greatest airborne conflicts to life.

About the Author:

Michael O'Leary possesses one of the most extensive private archival libraries of wartime images relating to American combat aircraft, and has written/photographed over a dozen books for Osprey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1855329077
• ISBN 13: 9781855329072
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144