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By mid 1943, Japanese naval aviators flying the Mitsubishi, a 6M0, believed they possessed the most formidable fighter aircraft in the Pacific. For 2 years,…

October 1943. The Pacific Ocean is not blue. Today, it is a blinding, indifferent white. The sun hammers down on the flight deck of the…

28,000 ft over Hamburg, Germany. August 6, 1944. The P-51D Mustang crees a mighty third hangs in the thin, frozen air like a suspended razor…

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…

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…