Aces of the 78th Fighter Group (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 115)

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Название: Aces of the 78th Fighter Group (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 115)

Издательство: Osprey Publishing

Автор: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

ISBN: 978 1780967158

Год: 2013

Формат: pdf (e-book)

Размер: 3 Mb

Кол-во страниц: 95

Язык: English

Dubbed the ‘Eagles of Duxford’, the 78th Fighter Group (FG) was unique in being the only fighter unit in the ‘Mighty Eighth’ to fly the P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang operationally. Arriving in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) in November 1942, and eventually committed to combat five months later, the 78th, along with the 4th and 56th FGs, ‘wrote the book’ on long-range fighter escort by VIII Fighter Command in the ETO.