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Wolfpack Warriors: The Story of World War II's Most Successful Fighter Outfit

By Roger A. Freeman

Book information

Publisher
Stackpole Books
Year
2009
ISBN
9781461752134
ASIN
B01LWC5DLX
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3649241 bytes)
Series
Stackpole Military History Series
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-05 06:53:23
History; Military; Nonfiction; HIS027100

Description

Vividly recounts the combat history of the legendary U.S. 56th Fighter Group Focuses on the pilots, their friendships and rivalries, and their battles "Beware the Thunderbolt!" With that motto, the pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's 56th Fighter Group—also known as Zemke's Wolfpack—took to the skies above Europe in their P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, escorting bombers into Germany, dogfighting with the Luftwaffe, and conducting ground-attack missions. The first group to receive the P-47, the 56th pioneered aerial tactics and compiled a staggering record: 665.5 aerial kills, 311 ground kills, thirty-nine fighter aces with five or more kills, two Distinguished Unit Citations, eighteen Distinguished Service Crosses, and twenty-eight Silver Stars.

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