{"product_id":"world-war-ii-fighter-bomber-pilot-valiant-multi-mission-air-war-what-it-was-like-9780788445316","title":"World War II Fighter-Bomber Pilot: Valiant Multi-Mission Air War; What It Was Like","description":"Fighter-bomber flying and fighting originated in World War I as pursuit pilots strafed and dropped small bombs on the enemy below. However, it was in World War II that the term \"fighter-bomber\" emerged, as American fighter pilots combined combat actions of dogfight, bomb\/rocket, and strafe into extensive \"fighter-bomber\" operations. These operations became universally recognized for their major role in that war and in air power ever since. An official news release at the end of World War II stated: \"Fighter Squadron Commander, Major Colgan, a top fighter pilot in Europe, in combat August 1943-May 45, CO a full year...he accumulated more missions, decorations, narrow escapes, and friends (ground forces) than the vast majority of other pilots in the war.\" His vivid account here of courageous fighter-bomber action on varied, deadly, low-altitude missions was written for the general public. It has drawn wide praise as a \"gripping, magnificent\" story of people at war and has been acclaimed as an \"accurate, definitive, vital, long overdue\" history. It is often cited as the prime, and now a most timely, book on the heritage of current U.S. multi-role fighter pilots\/crews and planes: the F-15E, F-16, F\/A-18, F-22, and F-35-today's \"fighter-bombers.\" Colonel Colgan also served in combat in Korea and Vietnam, held key positions in requirements for and test of new fighters\/fighter-bombers, and retired as Commander, 326th Air Division, Hawaii. He was inducted into The Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame, 1996, \"Top Fighter-Bomber Pilot.\" In this book he tells far more than ever done before about World War II fighter-bomber pilots and unit ground personnel: their lives; their war; their dedication, duty, valor, and sacrifice. This is their story and legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Colgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heritage Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780788445316\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40492874104947,"sku":"9.78079E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_68797770-9f78-465a-9b1d-9a9937e20d3a.jpg?v=1664976206","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/world-war-ii-fighter-bomber-pilot-valiant-multi-mission-air-war-what-it-was-like-9780788445316","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}