LEADER 04290nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910968570803321 005 20230725035517.0 010 $a9781616739843 010 $a1616739843 035 $a(CKB)2670000000368397 035 $a(EBL)3399715 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001178315 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11746880 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001178315 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11168941 035 $a(PQKB)10240020 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3399715 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10715624 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL524596 035 $a(OCoLC)923350767 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3399715 035 $a(Perlego)2066936 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000368397 100 $a20070925d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHell hawks! $ethe untold story of the American fliers who savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht /$fRobert F. Dorr and Thomas D. Jones 210 $aMinneapolis, Minn. $cZenith Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780760338254 311 08$a0760338256 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-325) and index. 327 $a""Chapter Thirteen: Getting Shot Down""""Chapter Fourteen: Moving Up""; ""Chapter Fifteen: Into the Reich""; ""Chapter Sixteen: Fighting the Jets""; ""Chapter Seventeen: The Price of Victory""; ""Chapter Eighteen: The New Boys""; ""Chapter Nineteen: Reckoning""; ""Chapter Twenty: Final Mission""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Appendix: What Happened to Them?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" 330 8 $aHell Hawks sets a new standard for histories of the tactical anti-war in Europe. Veteran authors Bob Dorr and Tom Jones combine masterfully crafted veteran interviews with the broader picture of the air war fought by the Thunderbolt men. You gain a new appreciation of just how tough their deadly task was, and the courage needed to fly close air support against the Nazi fighters and flak. This outstanding book raises the bar on aviation history as it brings alive the true story of an aerial band of brothers." - Colonel Walter J. Boyne, National Aviation Hall of Famer, former director of the National Air & Space Museum, and best-selling author Hell Hawks! is the story of the band of young American fighter pilots, and their gritty, close-quarters fight against Hitlers vaunted military. The "Hell Hawks" were the men and machines of the 365th Fighter Group. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, the groups young pilots (most were barely twenty years old and fresh from flight training in the United States) flew in close support of Eisenhowers ground forces as they advanced across France and into Germany. They flew the rugged, heavily armed P-47 Thunderbolt, aka the Jug. Living in tents amid the cold mud of their front-line airfields, the 365ths daily routine had much in common with that of the G.I.s they supported. Their war only stopped with the Nazi surrender on May 8, 1945. During their year in combat, the Hell Hawks paid a heavy price to win the victory. Sixty-nine pilots and airmen died in the fight across the continent. The Groups 1, 241 combat missions -- the daily confrontation of sudden, violent death -- forged bonds between these men that remain strong sixty years later. This book will tell their story, the story of the Hell Hawks. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zWestern Front 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/4973 700 $aDorr$b Robert F$0279100 701 $aJones$b Thomas D$0307296 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968570803321 996 $aHell hawks$94351966 997 $aUNINA