Mustang at war

This book gives an appraisal of the Mustang throughout the significant stages of its history and records opinions and recollections of people who built, flew and maintained this remarkable fighter. The text is largely an attempt to convey to the reader the intrinsic qualities the aircraft was deemed to have by those who knew it well. Specifications and tabulated data are not included. With some 45.000 words and 200 photographs - most previously unpublished - and including colour - the author covers the Mustang at war from the first little known single sortie over France in May 1942, through the fighter-reconnais-sance and fighter-bomber employment by British, Canadian and American squadrons, its development as the long-range fighter saviour of the US daylight bombers and subsequent service in many theatres of war-wave-top escorts over the icy North Sea to Norway, rocket busting forays along the Adriatic coast, nine hour missions to Japan across the vast Pacific—to the last large scale operations among the treacherous Korean mountains a decade later. Many of the accounts are firsthand from Americans, British, Canadians, Poles and South Africans who knew the Mustang at war.

Contents
Introduction
The Twelve Month Wonder
Origin of the Mustang JOHN LELAND ATWOOD
The Downstairs Maid
A Rather Special Club TOM FAZAN
Uncle Sam Saddles His Blues
A Bit More Poke
The Pioneer Group
Achtung Mustang!
Respect for the Supreme
Long Range Escort
Give and Take
Improving the Breed
On the Line in England MERLE OLMSTED
We Just Didn't Suit DIANA HUTCHINSON SMITH
Guns and Ammo LEROY NITSCHKE
Merlin Mustangs with the RAF
Toppling a Diver TADEUSZ SZYMANSKI
A Separate Little War
Banging About by the Med
Mustangs Against Japan
At Peace-and War Again
Mark of a Mustang ROBERT DUNNAVANT

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Autore/i Roger A. Freeman
Editore Ian Allan Publishing Luogo London
Anno 1974 Pagine 168
Dimensioni 23x30x2 (cm) Illustrazioni ill. b/n n.t. - b/w ills.
Legatura cart. edit. con sovracc. ill. colori - Hardcover with dustjacket Conservazione Usato ottime condizioni - used very good
Lingua Inglese - English text Peso 1200 (gr)
ISBN 0711005001 EAN-13 9780711005006