
September 18th, 1944. General Hassan Montufil stood in his command post near the German border, studying a map that for the first time in months…

March 15th, 1944, 943 hours, 28,000 ft above central Germany. Second Lieutenant Charles Coral, age 19, was alone. His wingman had aborted with engine trouble…

When people talk about the P-51 Mustang, they usually talk about how it saved the bombing campaign and won the air war over Europe. And…

The sky over Nazi occupied Europe was a graveyard dart every morning. American bomber formations. Hundreds of B7s and B24s crossed the English Channel like…

March 12th, 1944, 20,000 ft above Germany, the Iowa farm boy watched his engine temperature gauge climb past the red line and knew he had…

October 14th, 1944. Petro Pavlovskhatsky, Soviet Union. The American ferry pilot from Minnesota stood on the frozen tarmac, watching his breath cloud in the minus…

April 15th, 1944, 30,000 ft above Germany. The Messers pilot from Munich saw them first. Silver dots catching sunlight like scattered coins across the blue.…

March 14th, 1943. Rabal, New Britain. The Japanese pilot from Nagoya laughed when he spotted the American bomber through his canopy glass. Another A20 Havoc…

March 14th, 1943. Rabal, New Britain. The Japanese pilot from Nagoya laughed when he spotted the American bomber through his canopy glass. Another A20 Havoc…

March 14th, 1944, 20,000 feet above Bremen, the Faka Wolf 190 pilot from Munich spotted the American fighter formation and smiled. Those big fat Hellcats…





