For the US Army Air Force the advent of the Merlin engine P-51 Mustang fighter in the World War 2 Ushered in a new equation to the intensity and success of the up until then precarious daylight bombing missions over Nazi Europe. For the first time ever the long suffering bomber crews now knew that they had their 'Little Friends' flying protective escort close by, even to targets as far away as Berlin, Dresden and Munich, missions the Luftwaffe hierarchy did not envisage as remotely possible. Experience the devastating effect of the P-51 Mustang upon the daylight bombing missions of the US Eighth Air Force as seen through the eyes of one young pilot. This dramatic story by the author of Falklands 2 takes you back to the dark days of WWII, the challenges, the fears, the hopes of the free world in vivid and powerful detail. Fiction that is closer to fact.

Author: Thorn, Jim
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Mustang Summer
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2011-08-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780987123992
Category: Fiction : Historical - General
Category: Fiction : Action & Adventure
Category: History : Military - World War II