02648nam 2200601Ia 450 991045475540332120200520144314.00-8173-8290-9(CKB)1000000000774971(EBL)454490(OCoLC)426933778(SSID)ssj0000259735(PQKBManifestationID)11218487(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259735(PQKBWorkID)10191069(PQKB)11598595(MiAaPQ)EBC454490(OCoLC)551527852(MdBmJHUP)muse9271(Au-PeEL)EBL454490(CaPaEBR)ebr10309832(EXLCZ)99100000000077497120091019e20061991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTo command the sky[electronic resource] the battle for air superiority over Germany, 1942-1944 /Stephen McFarland and Wesley Phillips NewtonTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (375 p.)Smithsonian history of aviation seriesOriginally published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1991.0-8173-5346-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Challenge; 2. Training to Destroy; 3. Trial and Error-Early Operations; 4. To the Brink-The Fall Crisis; 5. Transition to Air Superiority-Big Week; 6. Berlin, the Strategic Fighter Campaign, and Control of the Air; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Selected Bibliography; Credit Lines; Index To Command the Sky is a scholarly record of the fight for domination of the skies over western Europe during World War II. It also explains the technical details of the tactics used to defeat the Luftwaffe. This book is important for serious students of World War II or military aviation. Smithsonian history of aviation series.Airplanes, MilitaryHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operationsElectronic books.Airplanes, MilitaryHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations.940.544McFarland Stephen Lee1950-1028561Newton Wesley Phillips1028562MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454755403321To command the sky2444610UNINA