Book Description
This is the astonishing-and true-story of the only American warplane to fight in every operational theater in World War II from Pearl Harbor to Alaska and from North Africa to Northern Europe. Here is the thrilling story of pilot and plane in development and in combat, as they swept the skies of Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. A magnificent story told by one of America's greatest historians of military aviation, Martin Caidin.
Fork-Tailed Devil FROM THE PUBLISHER
This is the astonishing-and true-story of the only American warplane to fight in every operational theater in World War II from Pearl Harbor to Alaska and from North Africa to Northern Europe.
Here is the thrilling story of pilot and plane in development and in combat, as they swept the skies of Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. A magnificent story told by one of America's greatest historians of military aviation, Martin Caidin.
SYNOPSIS
FROM THE EUROPEAN THEATER TO PEARL HARBOR THE FULL STORY OF THE BEST AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANE OF WORLD WAR II, AND THE MEN WHO FLEW IT