"This is a story of high drama and high heroism, told by a master of military aviation history. Once again, Tom Cleaver has given us a work that both informs and entertains, and which makes a substantial and lasting contribution to military aviation historiography." -- Richard P. Hallion, former Historian of the US Air Force "The air war in North Africa was as vicious and as consequential as any combat in World War II, but it's usually treated like a sideshow. Tom Cleaver gives long-deserved respect and attention to this theater - and to the aviators and crews who fought and died to win it for the allies." -- Chris Bucholtz, author of 'P-51B/C Mustang: Northwest Europe 1943-44' "Thomas Cleaver brings his well-honed investigative and storytelling gifts to bear in this remarkable book . a new benchmark in the study of aerial operations in the Mediterranean during World War II." -- Lynn Ritger, author of 'Messerschmitt Bf 109: Origins and Evolution' "Cleaver masterfully weaves personal stories of pilots into the larger fabric of the war, creating a narrative that puts the reader into the cockpit as well as the history books.
" -- James R. Benn, author of 'The Phantom Patrol' and other Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries "Tom Cleaver neatly weaves a tight web of the varied players in the Mediterranean air war of 1941-43." -- Barrett Tillman, author of 'When the Shooting Stopped' "This is an 'all guns blazing' history of the USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily during World War Two." -- Flypast y weaves personal stories of pilots into the larger fabric of the war, creating a narrative that puts the reader into the cockpit as well as the history books." -- James R. Benn, author of 'The Phantom Patrol' and other Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries "Tom Cleaver neatly weaves a tight web of the varied players in the Mediterranean air war of 1941-43." -- Barrett Tillman, author of 'When the Shooting Stopped' "This is an 'all guns blazing' history of the USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily during World War Two." -- Flypast y weaves personal stories of pilots into the larger fabric of the war, creating a narrative that puts the reader into the cockpit as well as the history books.
" -- James R. Benn, author of 'The Phantom Patrol' and other Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries "Tom Cleaver neatly weaves a tight web of the varied players in the Mediterranean air war of 1941-43." -- Barrett Tillman, author of 'When the Shooting Stopped' "This is an 'all guns blazing' history of the USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily during World War Two." -- Flypast y weaves personal stories of pilots into the larger fabric of the war, creating a narrative that puts the reader into the cockpit as well as the history books." -- James R. Benn, author of 'The Phantom Patrol' and other Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries "Tom Cleaver neatly weaves a tight web of the varied players in the Mediterranean air war of 1941-43." -- Barrett Tillman, author of 'When the Shooting Stopped' "This is an 'all guns blazing' history of the USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily during World War Two." -- Flypast an 'all guns blazing' history of the USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily during World War Two.
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