Table of Contents
Preface vii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Building an Air Force 1
Chapter 2 The Nazis and Eaker 23
Chapter 3 Spaatz and Baker Go to England 43
Chapter 4 First Mission and the Move to North Africa 53
Chapter 5 Casablanca and Fighters in North Africa 69
Chapter 6 Romance, Submarines, and Sicily 91
Chapter 7 Tidalwave 111
Chapter 8 The Gunners 131
Chapter 9 Black Thursday and Long-Range Fighters 143
Chapter 10 Doolittle, Phased Escort, and Freedom for the Fighters 169
Chapter 11 Big Week, Interns, and Flak 187
Chapter 12 Pilot Training 205
Chapter 13 Ground Attack and Bomber Bailouts 223
Chapter 14 The Oil Plan 241
Chapter 15 D-Day 251
Chapter 16 Fighter-on-Fighter Combat 259
Chapter 17 The Men Who Made It Possible 277
Chapter 18 Frantic 287
Chapter 19 Mishaps, Miscues, and Near Things 303
Chapter 20 Jets, Rockets, and Tante Ju 319
Chapter 21 More Fighters and G's 337
Chapter 22 The Big Blow That Wasn't 351
Chapter 23 The General Falls 359
Chapter 24 Bodenplatte 369
Chapter 25 Deadly to the End 383
Conclusion 395
Afterword 398
Notes 402
Bibliography 411
Acknowledgments 416
Index 417
