A Mississippi Fighter Pilot in WWII

An autobiographical account that follows the experiences of a small town Mississippi boy in the US Army Air Force during WWII. The narrative, often anecdotal, includes: qualifying for flying school in the US Army Air Corps after Pearl Harbor; training to become a pilot and to fly fighter aircraft; combat flying with one of the first three fighter groups escorting bombers in Europe during 1943 and 1944; returning to the United States to train Tuskegee fighter pilots to fly combat aircraft and tactics; the end of the war and its aftermath.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 08/23/2007
ISBN: 9781412076074
Pages: 396
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.81d