Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #198753 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 368 pages

Synopsis
A former American fighter pilot describes his experiences in World War II in the skies over Europe, detailing his job escorting bombers and other fighters during bombing raids over Germany, his one hundred-plus missions, his duels with Nazi aces, and more. Original.

Customer Reviews

Great book
I have read many auto/biographical books by fighter pilots and bomber crew and this has been one of my favourites. It's a compelling read which gives a pretty much day by day account of a P47 pilot who later went on to fly P51's in the European campaign through 1944 and 1945. Fortier gives exciting incites into what it was like to fly these aircraft in both bomber escort and ground attack roles. Recommended

Recommended
What a good book, got to the stage where I just couldn't put it down. Bud Fortier takes us all the way through the war in Europe in a book that reads like a novel. He tells the story as he saw it and stepped away from any political or military ideals as in so many other books. This is a fly by your pants read about the expolits of the role the American fighter pilots from escorting bombers, fighter patrols and straffing patrols. Well recommended

An ace of the genre
A great read of a great person doing his best in a bid to shorten the European air war.

Having read many exploits, 'Bud' Fortier's views and experiences are very written and I couldn't put the book down.

I live under the skies 'Bud' flew in and I often see road signs to the places in Suffolk he mentions. This is a reminder when the world was a different, unsafe place and you won't be disappointed with this ace.