P-40 Warhawk Aces of the MTO

Informationen zum Autor Carl Molesworth Klappentext Thrown into action following the Torch landings of late 1942, the 'green' American pilots flying the obsolescent P-40F suffered cruelly at the hands of seasoned German fighter pilots flying superior machines. Those that survived learnt quickly, and a handful of Warhawk pilots succeeded in making ace by the time the Axis forces surrendered in North Africa. The action then shifted to Sicily and Italy, and the P-40 remained in service until mid-1944. This book charts the careers of the 23 men who succeeded in making ace during that time, despite the advent of much better P-47 and P-51 fighters. Zusammenfassung The remarkable tale of how, flying outmoded and outclassed machines, P-40 pilots managed to hold their own against technically superior and battle-seasoned German pilots during World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction CHAPTER ONE WARHAWKS OVER 'THE BLUE' CHAPTER TWO TORCH TO TUNISIA CHAPTER THREE OUT OF AFRICA CHAPTER FOUR THE NOT-SO-SOFT UNDERBELLY Appendices Colour plates commentary Index

About the author

Carl Molesworth has specialised in producing unit histories for the USAAF fighter groups of the CBI since the 1980s, interviewing surviving veterans from these little-publicised units.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Molesworth, Molesworth Carl
• Assisted by: Jim Laurier (Illustration), Laurier Jim (Illustration), Styling Mark (Illustration), Wyllie Iain (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2002
• EAN: 9781841762883
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-288-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 250 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, North Africa, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949