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Thunderbolts Triumphant - The 362nd Fighter Group vs Germany's Wehrmacht (Hardcover)
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Thunderbolts Triumphant - The 362nd Fighter Group vs Germany's Wehrmacht (Hardcover)
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During World War II the Ninth Air Force comprised air-to-ground
aviators, charged with destroying the enemy close to the front and
below the clouds, often bringing them face to face with their
German opponents. The 362nd Fighter Group, led by two very
different leaders - the tough disciplinarian Col. Morton Magoffin
and later the beloved motivator Col. Joe Laughlin - had one of the
best track records in the Ninth Air Force. It destroyed over 5000
trucks, 350 tanks, 275 artillery pieces, 45 barges and 600
locomotives. But this score came at a cost, as over the course of
15 months of combat in 1944 and 1945 more than 70 pilots were
killed in action and in June 1944 alone 30 of their P-47
Thunderbolts were lost. The other groups jokingly referred to them
as the "362nd Suicide Outfit". Thunderbolts Triumphant provides a
narrative history of the group and gives a glimpse at the
fascinating men who flew these missions and maintained the aircraft
as they navigated Europe.Starting with the D-Day invasion, the
group was the aerial artillery support for U.S. ground forces,
first in Normandy, then in reducing the defenses around Brest, then
in supporting the U.S. Third Army as it drove across France and
Germany. Special emphasis is given to its most spectacular missions
such as the breaching of the Diueze Dam and its incredible
performance during the Battle of the Bulge where it demolished much
of the Sixth Panzer Armee as it tried to escape eastward.
Illustrated with 150 black and white photographs and 24 color
aircraft profiles, this is a fascinating and detailed history of a
group that played a significant part in winning the air war.
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