The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, Alfred Stettner (Foreword by)Publish date:2025-04-08Pages:267
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496856500ISBN-10:1496856503UPC:9781496856500Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, Aviation & SpaceWeight:1.3118Product ID:SCQNSAME31
The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It
The P-38 Lightning was one of the fastest operational fighters of World War II, famous for its successes in North Africa and the Pacific. In The P-38 Lightning and the Men Who Flew It, Wolfgang W. E. Samuel shares the stories of the young men who climbed into the cockpits of the P-38 to fight for freedom, and of those who created, tested, and deployed these fearsome machines. The P-38 was the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496856500ISBN-10:1496856503UPC:9781496856500Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, Aviation & SpaceWeight:1.3118Product ID:SCQNSAME31
Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, Colonel, US Air Force (Ret.), was born in Germany in 1935 and immigrated to the United States in 1951 at age sixteen with an eighth-grade education and no English-language skills. Upon graduation from the University of Colorado, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force and then flew over one hundred strategic reconnaissance missions against the Soviet Union...
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