
June 26, 1943. 24,000 ft over the English Channel. The air is thin, cold, and deceptive. To the naked eye, the sky is a sprawling…

The cockpit of a P47 Thunderbolt in 1944 is not a place for a child. But Charlie Miller is 19 and the Army Airore doesn’t…

In war, victory often comes down to a single brilliant idea. One so bold it seems almost impossible. In the huge Pacific theater of World…

28,000 ft above the synthetic oil refineries of Mersburg, Germany. November 2nd, 1944. The air temperature outside the cockpit of Captain James Sully. Sullivan’s P-51D…

November 1944. The air over the Rhineland is a crisp freezing vacuum. At 25,000 ft, the temperature is minus40° inside the cockpit of the P-51D…

Koning, China, October 1942. The Himalayas are not just mountains. To the pilots flying the hump, the suicidal supply route from India to China, they…

June 1944. The skies over Italy are a graveyard for the inexperienced. The 15th Air Force is bleeding. Every day, bombers lift off from dusty…

At 25,000 ft over Germany, the oxygen system failed. The pilot had maybe 90 seconds before unconsciousness. His crew was already slumping at their stations.…

10 messes own the sky over Bavaria. A lone Mustang breaks cloud cover 3,000 ft below. The rookie pilot has no wingmen, no altitude advantage,…

The German radio operator’s voice cracked with disbelief. A single American fighter had appeared from nowhere, screaming in low over the convoy, and now…




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