Overview :This volume details the design, development, and operational history of the Curtiss P-40, the primary American fighter when the country ente... Read More
Overview :The first USAAF fighters to engage the Japanese in World War 2, a handful of P-40s rose to defend Pearl Harbor from attack on the morning of... Read More
Overview :Thrown into action following the Torch landings of late 1942, the 'green' American pilots flying the obsolescent P-40F suffered cruelly at t... Read More
Overview :Staffed with inexperienced USAAF pilots and led by a handful of seasoned veterans of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), the 23rd FG was for... Read More
Overview :This book details the colourful experiences of the elite pilots of the AAF's Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces in the 'forgotten' China-Burma-... Read More
Overview :Organized in January 1941, just as the United States was building up military forces for its inevitable entry into World War II, the 57th Fi... Read More
Overview :An improved version of the Allison V-1710 engine gave rise to the Curtiss H-87, which began life in 1941 as the P-40D and featured a complet... Read More
Overview :Although the P-40 and the Bf 109 both joined the air war over North Africa at nearly the same time in early 1941, the venerable German fight... Read More
Overview :Known for the distinctive "sharkmouths" decoration on their noses, P-40 fighters first saw combat in China during World War II.Their most co... Read More
Overview :The moving biography of Lt. Col. William Norman Reed, a World War II fighter ace who fought with the Flying Tigers and died in defense of th... Read More
Overview :The pilots called themselves the 'Tokyo Club'. It was a simple task to become a member. All you had to do was strap yourself into a heavily ... Read More
Overview :An illustrated study of some of the final and most fierce aerial clashes of the Pacific War, featuring first-hand accounts and combat report... Read More
Overview :This is the first history of the U.S. Army Air Corps unit that incorporated Gen. Claire Chennault's famous "Flying Tigers." During the dark ... Read More