{"product_id":"world-war-ii-fighter-bomber-pilot-valiant-multi-mission-air-war-what-it-was-like-paperback","title":"World War II Fighter-Bomber Pilot: Valiant Multi-Mission Air War; What It Was Like - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Colgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFighter-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53273759056179,"sku":"9780788445316","price":41.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9arCJYJkJS9780788445316.webp?v=1776891812","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/world-war-ii-fighter-bomber-pilot-valiant-multi-mission-air-war-what-it-was-like-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}