World War II fighter planes were more akin to the Spads and Fokkers of the First World War than they were to today's combat jets. Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron could immediately relate to the likes of Gentile, Bong, and Yeager. World War II fighter pilots in all branches of service, Army, Marines, and Navy, in Europe and the Pacific theaters still flew by the seat of their pants. Combat quickly became a one-on-one deadly duel. After the battle was over and the various squadron elements were scattered widely over ...
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World War II fighter planes were more akin to the Spads and Fokkers of the First World War than they were to today's combat jets. Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron could immediately relate to the likes of Gentile, Bong, and Yeager. World War II fighter pilots in all branches of service, Army, Marines, and Navy, in Europe and the Pacific theaters still flew by the seat of their pants. Combat quickly became a one-on-one deadly duel. After the battle was over and the various squadron elements were scattered widely over enemy terrain, the fighter pilots then became navigators. Each pilot had to traverse the 500 or so miles back to home base, surely to be diverted only by possible enemy aircraft encounters, or to escort a struggling, defenseless allied bomber home to friendly territory. Dead Reckoning describes how it was in the cockpit of a Mustang fighter plane as a member of the 357th Fighter Group which scored a record 56 victories on January 14, 1945.
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Good in Very Good dust jacket. 157249025x. 134 pp., illus., ex-library copy, card pocket on ffep, library stamp on top edge, a few page corners have been turned down, slight spine tilt, and a few lib. code letters/numbers and price paid upper left corner of copyright page. No markings to title page and no lib. markings at all to jacket, it was in a clear cover that we've removed. Very minor dried glue strips inside covers where the old jacket cover was attached, very clean dust jacket is now in a new clear mylar protector.
Mr. Abner admits that he enjoys telling tales; and he begins this one five generations back, including the minutiae of every anecdote from his family and youth and training. When he finally gets into battle, his detailed descriptions of a fighter pilots life are unsurpassed; however, the reader must get to page 116 before finding a description of an actual battle. As a pilot, I enjoyed his stories of flying a P-51 in Europe during the last two years of the war; but was led to question their veracity when he spoke of D-Day May 6 and the V2 Buzz Bomb. I found the ending somewhat sad, as the opening chapters detailed his courtship with a young woman, and his letters to her were found throughout the book; but it ends with no mention of a reunion.
