Into the Teeth of the Tiger
Into the Teeth of the Tiger provides a vivid, pilot's-eye view of one of the most extended projections of American air power in World War II Asia. Lopez chronicles every aspect of fighter combat in that theater: harrowing aerial battles, interludes of boredom and inactivity, instances of courage and cowardice. Describing different pilots' roles in each type of mission, the operation of the P-40, and the use of various weapons, he tells how he and his fellow pilots faced not only constant danger but also the munitions shortages, poor food, and rat-infested barracks of a remote sector of the war. The author also offers keen observations of wart…
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- ISBN: 978-1-58834-374-1
- EAN: 9781588343741
- Produktnummer: 15734356
- Verlag: Smithsonian
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'698 KB
- Abbildungen: 24 B&W PHOTOS
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Donald S. Lopez served in the US Army Air Force and the US Air Force from 1942 to 1964 and was later on the faculty of the US Air Force Academy. He is currently the deputy director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and the author of Fighter Pilot's Heaven: Flight Testing the Early Jets (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995).
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