The Black Scorpions: Serving with the 64th Fighter Squadron in World War II Lynch James A.
The Black Scorpions: Serving with the 64th Fighter Squadron in World War II Lynch James A. On December 6, 1941, despite his objections, James Lynch was discharged from the Army for being over age in…
Specifikacia The Black Scorpions: Serving with the 64th Fighter Squadron in World War II Lynch James A.
The Black Scorpions: Serving with the 64th Fighter Squadron in World War II Lynch James A.
On December 6, 1941, despite his objections, James Lynch was discharged from the Army for being over age in grade. Within a month he was part of the Air Corps, involved in a secret project to send air support to help General Montgomery and the Eighth Army. After the terrible events at Pearl Harbor, James Lynch was recalled to duty.
For the next 33 months, he fought across the top of Africa and then up through Italy.The 57th Fighter Group arrived in Egypt just in time for the battle at El Alamein. He joined the nucleus of officers in charge of the 64th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group. How the United States was able to get the pink-winged P-40s to the battlefield baffled the Germans for many years.
The Black Scorpions chased the Afrika Corps across the top of Africa, culminating in the Palm Sunday massacre where the Squadron helped shoot down 74 planes in a single
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