Contents |
Prologue: The Landmarks of a Nightmare -- PART ONE: THE PLANE IN THE DREAM -- Hypnotized -- Flugzeug Konstrukteur -- 100 Days -- Death from Above -- A Turbine like a Typhoon -- The Butcher Bird -- High Noon -- PART TWO: BIRD IN A CAGE -- The Best Sport in the World -- A One- Man Crusade -- A Cross- Country Shuttle -- Cash and Corruption -- Huddle in the Orange Groves -- Picked Off like Geese -- Black Thursday -- PART THREE: HAWK OF HEAVEN -- A Maverick Fighter Ace -- The Jig Was Up -- Death of a Jockey -- An Endless Roar Overhead -- Big Brother, Little Friend -- Oil Run -- A Perfect Show -- Closing the Ring -- Buzz Bombs and Doodlebugs -- Fighter Boys -- A Last Throw of the Dice -- Twilight for the Reich -- Epilogue: The Bells Toll. |
Abstract |
"The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"-- Provided by publisher. |
General note | Place of publication from publisher's website. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index. |
Issued in other form | Online version: White, David Fairbank. Wings of war [New York] : Caliber, [2022] 9781524746346 |
Genre/form | Biographies. |
Genre/form | History. |
Genre/form | Biographies. |
LCCN | 2022026360 |
ISBN | 9781524746322 |
ISBN | 1524746320 hardcover |
ISBN | electronic book |