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On the Highways of the Skies: The 8th Air
Force in WWII Martin W. Bowman. The story in
words and pictures, many of them never before
seen, of the U.S. 8th AF fighter and bomber groups
of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions 1942-45.
Many first person stories tell what combat was
like in the skies in the ETO against the Luftwaffe.
Size:8.5”x11”•600bwphotos•488pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3090-2•hard•$69.99
The 5th Fighter Command in WWII Vol.1:
Pearl Harbor to the Reduction of Rabaul
William Wolf. Since end of WWII the major role
played by the 5th FC in winning the war in the
Pacific has been almost totally neglected. Wolf
puts the air campaigns into strategic and tactical
context, then breaks down every daily air battle into
Fighter Groups and Squadrons using unit Narrative
Combat Reports.
Size:8.5”x11”•650color/bwphotos•448pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3955-4•hard•$69.99
The 5th Fighter Command in WWII Vol.2:
The End in New Guinea, the Philippines,
to V-J Day William Wolf. In vol.2 the author
continues his definitive history of the 5th FC as
it continues on the offensive after the reduction
of Rabaul in November 1943 and then decimates
Japanese air power over western New Guinea, and
then on to the Philippines and V-J Day.
Size:8.5”x11”•750color/bwphotos•456pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4251-6•hard•$69.99
The Debden Warbirds: The 4th Fighter
Group in WWII Frank E. Speer. This authentic
account, gleaned from the Squadron and Tower
Diaries, is enhanced by dozens of combat reports
andpersonalaccounts frompilotsandcrewswhose
day-to-day encounters are faithfully recorded
Size:8.5”x11”•170bw/colorphotos•224pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0725-8•hard•$45.00
13th Fighter Command inWWII: Air Combat
over Guadalcanal and the Solomons William
Wolf. Wolf’s definitive book brings to light the 13th
FC’s significantcontributions towinning theairwar
in the South Pacific during WWII.
Size:8.5”x11”•400bw/colorphotos•316pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2067-X•hard•$59.95
Attack & Conquer: The 8th Fighter Group
in WWII Stanaway & Hickey. The 8th fought the
best Zero pilots, and took the war to the enemy with
P-38s over Rabaul and Hollandia.
Size:8.5”x11”•500bw/colorphotos•320pp.
ISBN:0-88740-808-7•hard•$45.00
The Pineapple Air Force: Pearl Harbor
to Tokyo John W. Lambert. The old Hawaiian
Air Force met the attack of the Japanese on 7
December 1941. Redesignated the Seventh Air
Force, its bomber units moved on to combat in
the Pacific almost immediately, and later in the
war flying missions against Japan from Ie Shima
and Iwo Jima.
Size:8.5”x11”•300bw/colorphotos•224pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2533-7•hard•$59.95
Night Hawks and Black Widows: 13th
Air Force Night Fighters in the South and
Southwest Pacific • 1943-45 Terry M.
Mays. This is the story of those pilots who risked
their lives night after night flying P-38 Lightnings,
P-70 Nighthawks, and P-61 Black Widows for the
13th Air Force in the South and Southwest Pacific
between 1943-45.
Size:8.5”x11”•300color/bwphotos•240pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-3344-6•hard•$69.99
The 14th Fighter Group in WWII John W.
Lambert. The Allied invasion of North Africa in
November 1942 included the USAAF’s Lockheed
P-38 equipped 14th Fighter Group. Flying long-
range, high-altitude escort missions as well as low
level ground support sorties, the 14th engaged in
three months of grinding attrition.
Size:8.5”x11”•200bw/colorphotos•176pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-2921-0•hard•$45.00
The Long Campaign: The History of the 15th
Fighter Group in WWII John W. Lambert. The
15th Fighter Group was activated in December
1940 and fought on the first day of the war and
was still in combat on the last day, flying seven- to
eight-hour missions from Iwo Jima to Honshu.
Size:8.5”x11”•300bwphotos/maps•192pp.
ISBN:0-7643-2428-4•hard•$49.95
Protect & Avenge: The 49th Fighter Group
in WWII Ferguson & Pascalis. To celebrate the
50th Anniversary of Victory in WWII comes Protect
& Avenge. The text is highlighted by more than 600
bw photos, six compaign maps, and twenty-four
color profiles of select P-40s, P-57s, and P-38s.
Size:8.5”x11”•600photos•360pp.
ISBN:0-88740-750-1•hard•$49.95
Beware the Thunderbolt! The 56th Fighter
Group in WWII David R. McLaren, foreword by
Hub Zemke. The story of the 56th Fighter Group in
a chronological narrative of their combat missions.
The“Wolfpack’s”P-47contrailscrossedhigh in the
upper stratosphere as they escorted heavy bomber
missions, or fell upon the enemy on the ground as
their pilots destroyed over 1000 Luftwaffe aircraft.
Size:8.5”x11”•250color/bwphotos•208pp.
ISBN:0-88740-660-2•hard•$39.95
The 79th Fighter Group over Tunisia, Sic-
ily, and Italy in WWII Don Woerpel. This book
provides an inside look at battles generally not well
known. The 79th spent much of its tour with the
RAF’s Desert Air Force in Tunisia, Sicily, and also
took part in the battle for Rome and the invasion
of southern France.
Size:8.5”x11”•200bw/colorphotos•264pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1322-3•hard•$45.00
Kearby’s Thunderbolts: The 348th Fighter
Group in WWII John C. Stanaway. The 348th
Fighter Group was the most successful P-47
Thunderbolt unit in the Pacific. Medal of Honor
recipient Neel Kearby took an aircraft that was
generally despised in the southwest Pacific and
made it into the terror of the skies over such
formidable targets as Wewak on New Guinea, and
Cape Gloucester on New Britain.
Size:8.5”x11”•350bw/colorphotos•224pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0248-5•hard•$45.00
The 350th Fighter Group in the Mediter-
ranean Campaign - 2 November 1942 to
2 May 1945. This facsimile reprint of the actual
350th Fighter Group war book appears here in
a new quality edition. The 350th Fighter Group
flew against the Luftwaffe during the Moroccan,
Tunisian, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns in P-39s
and P-47s.
Size:9”x12”•90bwphotos•80pp.
ISBN:0-7643-0220-5•soft•$19.95
The Pioneer Mustang Group: The 354th
Fighter Group in WWII Steve Blake. As the first
unit to fly the Merlin-engined P-51B in combat, the
354th FG adopted the nickname “Pioneer Mustang
Group.” Until D-Day, it escorted 8th AF heavy
bombers to targets on the European Continent.
The group then moved to France and supported
Patton’s Third Army from Normandy to Bavaria,
and in the Battle of the Bulge.
Size:8.5”x11”•600bwphotos•438pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-2925-8•hard•$69.95
The 356th Fighter Group in WWII in Action
over Europe with the P-47 and P-51 Kent
Miller. This 9th Air Force unit spent over two years
in England, occupying the airfield at Martlesham
Heath, Suffolk. Originally flying P-47s and later
switching to P-51s, the 356th dispatched its air-
craft on 407 missions across the Channel.
Size:8.5”x11”•450bw/colorphotos•336pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1768-7•hard•$59.95
Yellowjackets! The 361st Fighter Group in
WWII - P-51 Mustangs over Germany Paul
B. Cora. More than a narrow unit history, Yel-
lowjackets! places the experiences of the Group’s
personnel in perspective with the larger context
of the war, and also presents the human side,
speaking, at times, from the intensely personal
standpoint of the pilots and personnel.
Size:8.5”x11”•130bw/colorphotos•152pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1466-1•hard•$39.95
Our Might Always: The 355th Fighter Group
in World War II James WilliamMarshall. A day-
by-day combat diary with over 800 rare images of
the 355th including fifty color profiles of P-47s and
P-51s. The book is extensively researched with
respect to Luftwaffe units engaged, the data tables
are extremely detailed and extensive for aircraft,
pilots, victory credits, pilot rosters, losses, aces
scores and unit awards.
Size:8.5”x11”•887bw/color images•560pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4380-3•hard•$69.99
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Death from Above: The 7th Bombardment
Group in World War II. Edward M. Young.
An in-depth look at the 7th BG, one of the few
bombardment groups in the Army Air Corps
active during the 1930s. Its activation in 1929
through its missions over Burma and Thailand
until August 1945 are covered. This book also
provides a description of the little-known strategic
bombing operations of the Tenth Air Force in the
China-Burma-India Theater.
Size:81/2”x11”•430+photosandmaps•320pp.
ISBN:978-0-7643-4635-4•hardcover•$69.99
The 363rd Fighter Group in WWII in Action
over Germany with the P-51 Mustang Kent
Miller.Thishistorysheds lighton theachievements
of the 363rd for the period it flew escort and ground
support missions over Europe. The day-to-day
operations are interspersed with quotes from the
group and squadron diaries.
Size:8.5”x11”•220bw/colorphotos•192pp.
ISBN:0-7643-1629-X•hard•$49.95
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