An Ace and His Angel - Memoirs of a WWII Fighter Pilot

This story was written by Herbert Brooks Hatch, Jr., one of America's living Fighter Pilot Aces from World War II. Hatch flew a P-38 with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, out of Salsola, Italy. Except for a brief deployment to Corsice to cover the invasion of Southern France, he flew his 59 missions out of Foggia #3. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 11 Oak Leaf Clusters. In his first book, An Ace and His Angel: Memoirs of a WWII Fighter Pilot, Hatch writes of the heroes and hardships endured by veterans of the Army Air Force.

Summary

This story was written by Herbert Brooks Hatch, Jr., one of America's living Fighter Pilot Aces from World War II. Hatch flew a P-38 with the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, out of Salsola, Italy. Except for a brief deployment to Corsice to cover the invasion of Southern France, he flew his 59 missions out of Foggia #3. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 11 Oak Leaf Clusters. In his first book, An Ace and His Angel: Memoirs of a WWII Fighter Pilot, Hatch writes of the heroes and hardships endured by veterans of the Army Air Force.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Brooks Hatch, Hatch Herbert Brooks
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2001
• EAN: 9781563115745
• ISBN: 978-1-56311-574-5
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 238 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 385 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, Memoirs, Second World War, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs