All that is combined with a wealth of photographs, many of them never before published, and a selection of nose art for various group aircraft–including Turnip Termite, the author’s own P-51C–in both photographs and accompanying color reconstructions by artist Don Allen. Speer’s approach to recounting the group’s record is about as straightforward as possible–a collection of combat reports, personal accounts and as many relevant diary entries as he could compile from pilots and ground crewmen alike, presented as a day-by-day chronology.
Speer was making his way across northern Germany when he was taken prisoner. Speer, had contributed six enemy planes to the unit’s record before he was shot down during a strafing attack in Poland on May 29, 1944. Bravo Zulu is an account of this brainchild of celebrated collector Jerry Yagen and his wife Elaine. There have been histories written about the 4th Fighter Group in the past, but The Debden Warbirds: The Fourth Fighter Group in World War II offers a perspective that many World War II aviation buffs will find especially interesting. Established from the largest private collection of vintage warplanes in the US, the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, is a time capsule of aviation in the 20th century with an emphasis on World War II. By the time World War II was over on May 8, 1945, 4th Group planes and pilots had destroyed 1,042 German aircraft in the air or on the ground–an overall record for the Eighth Air Force. But when the first North American P-51B Mustangs began to arrive in February 1944, the 4th began carrying the war to the Third Reich in earnest.
Fine Language English Previews available in: English This edition doesnt have a description yet. military planes, from fighters to reconnaissance aircraft. The warbirds a novel by Richard Herman 0 Ratings 2 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Overview View 9 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1989 Publisher Donald I. A touch slow to start with, this book sucked me in completely, and I certainly didnt see the ending coming. The group’s pilots eventually got the measure of their German opponents while flying the new and improved P-47D. The Warbird Edition of the Plane Spotter is an identification guide for U.S. Soon afterward the group traded its Supermarine Spitfires for Republic P-47C Thunderbolts and became the first unit to fly that new fighter in combat, claiming three Focke Wulf Fw-190As on April 15, 1943, but losing three planes and two pilots. 71, 121 and 133 squadrons, RAF, became the 334th, 335th and 336th Fighter squadrons. While other units of the Eighth Air Force were arriving in England, the 4th Fighter Group was created right there, by the direct transfer of three Royal Air Force (RAF) “Eagle” squadrons, composed of American volunteers, directly into the U.S. Speer, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pa., 1999, $45. The Debden Warbirds: The Fourth Fighter Group in World War II, by Frank E. Book Review - The Debden Warbirds: The Fourth Fighter Group in World War II (by Frank E.
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