About this title: "Hell Hawks!" is the story of the 365th Fighter Group and their close-quarters fight against Hitler's military. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, the group's young pilots (most were barely twenty years old and fresh from flight training in the United States) flew in close support of Eisenhower's ground forces as they advanced across ...
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Description: Very Good. 0760329184 Overall good condition with clean text and good binding unless otherwise noted. Most items ship within 24 hours. read more
Edition: 2008th edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Zenith Press, USA
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780760329184ISBN:0760329184
Description: Fine Condition in Fine jacket. By Both Authors A 2008 edition in hard cover with d/j & both in fine condition. An inscription followed by the sigantures of both authors. Reads: To M---with appreciation for your work in building these. Bob Dorr, Tom Jones, Dec. 26, 2008. would make a nice gift to a WW2 pilot. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Zenith Pr
Date Published: 2008-06-15
ISBN-13:9780760329184ISBN:0760329184
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780760329184. read more
Description: New in new dust jacket. Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Hell Hawks! is the story of the band of young American fighter pilots, and their gritty, close-quarters fight against Hitlers vaunted military. The "Hell Hawks" were the men and machines of the 365th Fighter Group. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, the groups young pilots (most were barely ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: MOTORBOOKS INTERNATIONAL Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780760329184ISBN:0760329184
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 320 pages. Tells the story of the 365th fighter group and their close-quarters fight against hitler's military. beginning just prior to d-day, june 6, 1944, the group's young pilots (most were barely 20 years old and fresh from flight training in the us) flew in close support of eisenhower's ground forces as they advanced across france and into germany. 40 black and white (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780760329184ISBN:0760329184
Description: New. Tells the story of the 365th Fighter Group and their close-quarters fight against Hitler's military. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, the group's young pilots (most were barely 20 years old and fresh from flight training in the US) flew in... read more
Description: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE AMERICAN FLIERS WHO SAVAGED HITLER'S WEHRMACHT. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ROBERT DORR TO CARL ZENITH; FIRST EDITION HC W/DJ. read more
"Just finished this. The author (well one of the two, Robert Dorr) was signing books at a museum I was at. To be honest before I read this I heard little of the P47. This is a good, thorough book about how this plane was used in the European theater during WW2 and the men who flew it."
"My father gave me this book when I was home for the Christmas holidays. A friend of his who is a WWII buff was reading it when he came across two stories about my grandfather (who happens to share the same name as my father). The book is a nonfiction account of the 365th Fighter Group of the Armed Air Forces during WWII. It begins at the inception of the unit in 1943 and tells the story of the training, travel and combat involvement of this fighter-bomber unit through the end of the war in 1945. The unit was comprised of about 1,000 men, approximately 75 of whom were the pilots of the famous P-47 Thunderbolt, or "Jug" as it was nicknamed. This unit pioneered the air to ground combat that is critical to our armed forces today.
The book is highly readable and is a series of stories about various bases, battles and the men who were called the "Hell Hawks." I normally do not read war related literature but I found this book very interesting and I learned a great deal about the weapons, aircraft and tactics used during the war, which I found educational rather than sensational (sensational war related non-fiction seems grotesque to me). The unit was critical to both the D-Day attacks as well as the Battle of the Bulge and the account of the war during these years was new to me, as it went into much more detail than any history class that I took in high school or college.
I finished this book feeling like I now know a great deal more about the forces that shaped my grandfather's personality (he was a tough one) and his life. I understood for the first time the exact timing and context in which he met, courted and married my grandmother. I also had a much greater understanding of the war and how it shaped the world today and the people of my grandfather's generation."
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