The Fight in the Clouds: The Extraordinary Combat Experience of P-51 Mustang Pilots During World War II Busha James P.
The Fight in the Clouds: The Extraordinary Combat Experience of P-51 Mustang Pilots During World War II Busha James P. Get as close as you'll get to a World War II-era P-51 Mustang without flying one…
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The Fight in the Clouds: The Extraordinary Combat Experience of P-51 Mustang Pilots During World War II Busha James P.
Get as close as you'll get to a World War II-era P-51 Mustang without flying one yourself with this spellbinding collection of tales from the men who actually flew the planes into war.The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang first started appearing in real numbers in 1943, at the climax of the Allied campaign in World War II. The Mustang would go on to provide pivotal air support on D-Day, and by the end of the war, the P-51 would be responsible for nearly half of all enemy aircraft shot down.In The Fight in the Clouds, aviation writer and EAA Warbirds of America editor James P. Able to fly long ranges, it was the perfect escort, keeping bombers protected all the way from Allied bases in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific to a variety of Axis industrial targets and military installations and back.
Busha draws on interviews conducted