It is a very factual text, and it has many quotes from generals or pilots from this time. For example, a quote from Robert Johnson, one of the leading fighter pilots in the war, described a fight with a Messerschmitt 109 on page 104. “The lead Messerschmitt suddenly stopped smoking. It was a complete giveaway; I knew then he had cut power.” There are also photographs of many of the planes described about in the book. It is very in-depth, and covers the Air Force from the time before the United States entered the war to the period after Japan surrendered. Both the European and Pacific conflicts are
It is a very factual text, and it has many quotes from generals or pilots from this time. For example, a quote from Robert Johnson, one of the leading fighter pilots in the war, described a fight with a Messerschmitt 109 on page 104. “The lead Messerschmitt suddenly stopped smoking. It was a complete giveaway; I knew then he had cut power.” There are also photographs of many of the planes described about in the book. It is very in-depth, and covers the Air Force from the time before the United States entered the war to the period after Japan surrendered. Both the European and Pacific conflicts are