| Description |
x, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-314) and index. |
| Contents |
Part one: The plane in the dream -- Hypnotized -- Flugzeug Konstrukteur -- 100 days -- Death from above -- A turbine like a typhoon -- The butcher bird -- High noon -- Part two: Bird in a cage -- The best sport in the world -- A one-man crusade -- A cross-country shuttle -- Cash and corruption -- Huddle in the orange groves -- Picked off like geese -- Black Thursday -- Part three: Hawk of heaven -- A maverick fighter ace -- The jig was up -- Death of a jockey -- An endless roar overhead -- Big brother, little friend -- Oil run -- A perfect show -- Closing the ring -- Buzz bombs and doodlebugs -- Fighter boys -- A last throw of the dice -- Twilight for the Reich. |
| Summary |
"The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
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Mustang (Fighter plane) -- History.
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United States. Army Air Forces -- History.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- History.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
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Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Fighter pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
White, Margaret Stanback, author.
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| ISBN |
9781524746322 (hardcover) |
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