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Peter Kassak
1st March 2005, 08:49
http://home.att.net/%7Egeorgeloving/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html

WWII memoirs of a fighter ace. Exciting tales of Spitfire patrols over Cassino and Anzio, and P-51 Mustang combat missions escorting massive bombing raids over southern and Eastern Europe. Intriguing stories of Operation Shingle, Operation Frantic, Operation Dragoon & Operation Rescue.

I may only warmly recomend this title...especially for the 15.AF enthusiasts and Air war europe summer 1944 historians....
simply cannot be missing in your personal libraries...

Csaba B. Stenge
2nd March 2005, 15:48
Hello Terrorist :wink:

Have you read t, or just copied the advertisement from that link? :P

Peter Kassak
2nd March 2005, 17:33
I ordered it from Mr. Loving...great book.|:)

I can only recomend it...

peter:)

NickM
5th March 2005, 07:39
It's a good read and a nice first person memoir of flying Mustangs with the 15th AF; all in all, a good book to have about a theater that was much less publicized;

NickM

kaki3152
5th May 2005, 04:14
One of the nice things about this book is the mention of Otto Schultz,a RK with II/JG-51 who frequently fought the 15th AF. He now has (if still alive) a condo in Florida!

Dénes Bernád
6th May 2005, 02:47
http://home.att.net/%7Egeorgeloving/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html

WWII memoirs of a fighter ace.
Peter, is anything mentioned in the book about the mission to Ploesti on August 18, 1944?
Thanks,

NickM
6th May 2005, 16:50
Denes:

I am leafing thru my copy right now; it appears during the time in question (from 8/12/44 to 8/16/44) the author was flying in support of "Operation Dragoon", the allied landings in Southern France;prior to Dragoon he flew to Ploesti on 8/10/44 and he had a mission to Ploesti on August 19 that was only opposed by Flak; those were his last missions to Ploesti and his very last combat sorte was flown on 8/21/44 to Nis', in Yugoslavia;


Hope this helps a little;

NickM

Peter Kassak
6th May 2005, 17:32
HI NIck and Denes.

So Nick U was faster in reply;) But very accurate. As he mentions in book, 31.FG flew three missions to Pleasti, thisrd mentioned is 8/19/1944. BUt nothing about those previous...
Anyway, nice book

John P Cooper
10th May 2005, 08:58
Thanks for the tip on this book!