Aces Against Germany Vol. 2 : The American Aces Speak

by Hammel, Eric M.

• ISBN13: 9780935553451
• ISBN10: 0935553452
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

The American Aces Speak, Vol. II. Veteran U.S. Army Air Force fighter pilots relate thrilling first-person experiences of blasting their way across the skies of Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa in the air war against Hitler's Luftwalfe.

Table of Contents

Prologue	1	(6)
First to Fight	7	(8)
Captain Frank Hill
Chapter 1	15	(38)
Desert Raid	16	(5)
2d Lieutenant Rocky Byrne
``You See Them, You Drive Up Behind Them, and You Shoot Them Down''	21	(9)
Captain Joe Owens, USAAF
Armed Reconnaissance	30	(10)
Captain Newell Roberts
My Day for Luck	40	(6)
1st Lieutenant Jerry Collinsworth
No Hits, No Runs, No Errors	46	(7)
1st Lieutenant Herman Visscher
Chapter 2	53	(26)
Triple	58	(7)
Major Gene Roberts
Thunderbolt	65	(14)
1st Lieutenant Lucky Truluck
Chapter 3	79	(28)
Ace Chrysalis	80	(9)
1st Lieutenant Herky Green
Sweating It Out	89	(6)
1st Lieutenant Gerry Rounds
Seven Stukas	95	(6)
Major Bill Leverette
Special Sweep	101	(6)
Major Bill Chick
Chapter 4	107	(14)
Our Standard Tactic Was ``Attack''	112	(9)
Captain Jim Carter
Chapter 5	121	(20)
The Lufbery	124	(7)
2d Lieutenant Frank Klibbe
Breaking the Wild Mustang	131	(10)
1st Lieutenant Bob Welden
Chapter 6	141	(20)
The Big B	141	(13)
Major Tom Hayes
Raid on St. Nazaire	154	(7)
1st Lieutenant Jack Thornell
Chapter 7	161	(24)
Free to Roam	162	(4)
Captain Jerry Brown
Crippled	166	(7)
1st Lieutenant Ed Heller
Without a Shot	173	(3)
Captain Maury Long
The Hunter	176	(9)
1st Lieutenant Dave Thwaites
Chapter 8	185	(38)
Low-level Jeopardy	185	(7)
1st Lieutenant Jim Starnes
Evader	192	(21)
Captain Jack Ilfrey
Jumped	213	(4)
1st Lieutenant Dick Asbury
Two Missions, Two Friends	217	(6)
Flight Officer Bruce Carr
Chapter 9	223	(46)
Shot Down	225	(6)
Captain Fred Trafton
Luck Is Where You Find It	231	(5)
2d Lieutenant Barrie Davis
Ace in a Day	236	(10)
2d Lieutenant Stub Hatch
Last Chance	246	(4)
1st Lieutenant Dick Lampe
A Swarm of Angry Bees	250	(5)
Captain George Loving
Black Flight	255	(8)
1st Lieutenant Bob Goebel
The Bounce	263	(6)
Major George Buck
Chapter 10	269	(18)
Two Against Two Hundred	269	(6)
1st Lieutenant Rudy York
More Than Enough To Go Around	275	(5)
Major Bunny Comstock
Long Odds	280	(7)
Major Gordon Graham
Chapter 11	287	(10)
The Arado	288	(4)
Captain Don Bryan
Slow Jet	292	(5)
Captain Jack Warner
EPILOGUE	297	(13)
Kriegesgefangener	297	(13)
Captain Wayne Lowry
Glossary and Guide to Abbreviations	310	(3)
Bibliography	313	(2)
Index	315