Wings of Courage: Tales from America's Elite Fighter Groups of World War II: American Fighters in World War II (General Aviation) - Hardcover

"Wings of Courage pays tribute to the ordinary men who became extraordinary American heroes during World War II... Discover their experiences as numerous eyewitness accounts explore the terror, adrenaline, and courage which defined aerial combat. Focusing on four elite fighter units across both the European and Pacific theaters of the operations, readers gain a unique insight into the battles against Germany and Japan." --Flying Models, December 2010 "Readers gain a unique insight into battles against Germany and Japan, with eyewitness accounts of campaign histories offering a fine survey of American fighter pilots' experiences from Europe to the Pacific." --The Midwest Book Review (November 2010) Wings of Courage pays tribute to the ordinary men who became extraordinary American heroes during World War II... Discover their experiences as numerous eyewitness accounts explore the terror, adrenaline, and courage which defined aerial combat. Focusing on four elite fighter units across both the European and Pacific theaters of the operations, readers gain a unique insight into the battles against Germany and Japan. "Flying Models, December 2010" Readers gain a unique insight into battles against Germany and Japan, with eyewitness accounts of campaign histories offering a fine survey of American fighter pilots' experiences from Europe to the Pacific. "The Midwest Book Review (November 2010)"" "Wings of Courage pays tribute to the ordinary men who became extraordinary American heroes during World War II... Discover their experiences as numerous eyewitness accounts explore the terror, adrenaline, and courage which defined aerial combat. Focusing on four elite fighter units across both the European and Pacific theaters of the operations, readers gain a unique insight into the battles against Germany and Japan." - "Flying Models," December 2010 "Readers gain a unique insight into battles against Germany and Japan, with eyewitness accounts of campaign histories offering a fine survey of American fighter pilots' experiences from Europe to the Pacific." - The Midwest Book Review (November 2010)

Focusing on four elite fighter units across both the European and Pacific theaters of operations we gain a unique insight into the battles against Germany and Japan. The book opens with the experience of 354th Fighter Group. Continuing the focus on the European Operations is the 332nd Fighter Group - the only all-black unit of the airforce, revealing how they rose above discrimination to be feared by their enemies and revered by their colleagues. The action then switches to the Pacific, where the crack 475th Fighter Group included amongst its ranks the highest scoring American pilots. The book concludes with the story of the pilots based on Iwo Jima who risked their lives to fly hundreds of miles across the Pacific, with no hope of rescue, in order to attack the heavily defended Japanese mainland. Those who survived earned themselves membership of a unique society - the 'Tokyo Club'.