Hell Hawks! The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht

Name: Hell Hawks! The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht
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ISBN: 9780760329184

ISBN-10: 0760329184

ISBN-13: 9780760329184

Edition: 2008

Authors: Robert F. Dorr, Thomas Jones

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Hell Hawks!is the story of the 365th Fighter Group and theirnbsp;close-quarters fight against Hitler's military. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, the nbsp;grouprsquo;s young pilots (most were barely twenty years old and fresh from flight training in the United States) flew in close support of Eisenhower's ground forces as they advanced across France and into Germany. They flew the rugged, heavily armed P-47 Thunderbolt, aka the Jug. Living in tents amid the cold mud of their front-line airfields, the 365th's daily routine had much in common with that of the G.I.s they supported. Their war only stopped with the Nazi surrender on May 8, 1945. During their year in combat,…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date: 6/15/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Robert F. Dorr is a retired foreign service diplomat who worked with the Air Force wing in charge of Air Force One.




Hell Hawks over Normandy



Over the Beach



Who Were the Hell Hawks?



Hedgerow Breakout



Falaise and the Race across France



Bradley's Aerial Hammer: Tank-Busting across France



The War of the Regular Guys



Stalemate over the Hurtgen



Air-To-Air



Thunderbolts over the Bulge



Death from Above



"That Is What Is Beating Us"



Getting Shot Down



Moving Up



Into the Reich



Fighting the Jets



The Price of Victory



The New Boys



Reckoning



Final Mission


Acknowledgments



What Happened to Them?


Notes


Bibliography


Index