The P-38 Lightning and the men who flew it /

"The P-38 Lightning was one of the fastest operational fighters of World War II, famous for its successes in North Africa and the Pacific. In The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel shares the stories of the young men who climbed into the cockpits of the P-38 to fight...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Samuel, Wolfgang W. E. (Author)
Other Authors:	Stettner, Alfred (author of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2025]
Subjects:	Lightning (Fighter plane) > History. Lightning (Fighter plane) > Design and construction. Fighter pilots > United States > Biography. Test pilots > United States > Biography. Airplanes, Military > United States > 20th century. Airplanes, Military > United States > Design and construction > History > 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American. Lightning (Avion de chasse) > Histoire. Pilotes de chasse > États-Unis > Biographies. Pilotes d'essai > États-Unis > Biographies. Avions militaires > États-Unis > 20e siècle.

Table of Contents:

An aviator's grave
Preface
Foreword
Abbreviations
Test pilots
A changing world
Planning for war
Going to war
Mach tuck and the graveyard dive
Hub Zemke Charlie Schreffler
Jimmy Doolittle
Jim Setchell
Al Tucker
Robin Olds
Lloyd Wenzel
Fred McIntosh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Barney Dobbs and Allen Blum
Richard Bong and Tommy McGuire
Taming the P-38 Lightning
Odds and ends
Interviews
Bibliography
Index.