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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-101841762881
ISBN-139781841762883
eBay Product ID (ePID)1977090
Product Key Features
Book TitleP-40 Warhawk Aces of the Mto
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Aviation, Military
Publication Year2002
IllustratorLaurier, Jim, Yes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorCarl Molesworth
Book SeriesAircraft of the Aces Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight10.2 Oz
Item Length9.7 in
Item Width7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"This is yet another excellent offering from Osprey. Fans of the P-40 and MTO air operations need to add this work to their libraries. Recommended."-Fred Boucher,Aeroscale, "This is yet another excellent offering from Osprey. Fans of the P-40 and MTO air operations need to add this work to their libraries. Recommended."-Fred Boucher, Aeroscale, "This is yet another excellent offering from Osprey. Fans of the P-40 and MTO air operations need to add this work to their libraries. Recommended." -- Fred Boucher, Aeroscale
Series Volume Number43
Dewey Decimal940.5/44973
Table Of ContentIntroduction CHAPTER ONE WARHAWKS OVER 'THE BLUE' CHAPTER TWO TORCH TO TUNISIA CHAPTER THREE OUT OF AFRICA CHAPTER FOUR THE NOT-SO-SOFT UNDERBELLY Appendices Colour plates commentary Index
SynopsisThrown into action following the Torch landings of late 1942, the 'green' American pilots flying the obsolescent P-40F suffered cruelly at the hands of seasoned German fighter pilots flying superior machines. Those that survived learnt quickly, and a handful of Warhawk pilots succeeded in making ace by the time the Axis forces surrendered in North Africa. The action then shifted to Sicily and Italy, and the P-40 remained in service until mid-1944. This book charts the careers of the 23 men who succeeded in making ace during that time, despite the advent of much better P-47 and P-51 fighters.