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The Jagged edge of duty : a fighter pilot's world war II / Robert L. Richardson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, c2017Description: xiii, 394 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780811718424
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • D 790.262 .R53 2017
Contents:
CHAPTER 1. GUMP -- 2. Squadron organization -- 3. Two flyers for the fray -- 4. America with no choice left -- 5. Meet the group -- 6. Meet the pilots -- 7. Bomber escort -- 8. Losses mount and the mission to Palermo -- 9. The P-38 fighter interceptor 10. Attacks on Sardinia -- 11. When things go wrong -- 12. Bombs at their fingertips -- Approaching air rule -- Aftermath -- The search for Allan Knepper -- After combat -- Epilogue.
Summary: The World War II fighter-pilot story. On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P-38 Lightning fighter in a squadron sent out to sweep the island and interdict German ground targets. Retreating German infantry unexpectedly pounded the American flyers. Knepper was one of two shot down; he was never found. Knepper's story is the story-in-microcosm of thousands of American fighter pilots in World War II. Richardson recounts Knepper's experiences from training through combat and uses them to discuss the aircraft, tactics and doctrine, training, base life, and aerial combat of the war. This is the intimate account of one pilot at war, but also the anatomy of the fighter-pilot experience in World War II.
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Books - Reference Books - Reference National University - Manila LRC - Main Reference General Education REF D 790.262 .R53 2017 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available NULIB000018643

Includes index.

CHAPTER 1. GUMP -- 2. Squadron organization -- 3. Two flyers for the fray -- 4. America with no choice left -- 5. Meet the group -- 6. Meet the pilots -- 7. Bomber escort -- 8. Losses mount and the mission to Palermo -- 9. The P-38 fighter interceptor 10. Attacks on Sardinia -- 11. When things go wrong -- 12. Bombs at their fingertips -- Approaching air rule -- Aftermath -- The search for Allan Knepper -- After combat -- Epilogue.

The World War II fighter-pilot story. On the very first day of the invasion of Sicily, three months into his combat career, Allan Knepper flew his P-38 Lightning fighter in a squadron sent out to sweep the island and interdict German ground targets. Retreating German infantry unexpectedly pounded the American flyers. Knepper was one of two shot down; he was never found. Knepper's story is the story-in-microcosm of thousands of American fighter pilots in World War II. Richardson recounts Knepper's experiences from training through combat and uses them to discuss the aircraft, tactics and doctrine, training, base life, and aerial combat of the war. This is the intimate account of one pilot at war, but also the anatomy of the fighter-pilot experience in World War II.

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