1000 Destroyed: The Life and Times of the 4th Fighter Group [Hardcover]

Grover Cleveland Hall (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Aero Publishers; 2nd edition (June 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816850046
• ISBN-13: 978-0816850044
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,066,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of THE best WWII accounts of the air war, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 1000 Destroyed: The Life and Times of the 4th Fighter Group (Hardcover)

I picked up a used copy of this book while deployed to Moron Air Base in Spain in 1983 and have re-read it so many time the glue is coming undone along the seam. Mr Hall, the Public Affairs Officer for the 4th Fighter Group, did an outstanding job of capturing life of the U.S. fighter pilot's during WWII. Tom Clancy could never write this well, reality is far better than fiction in this case. If you can get a copy, get it, as you will not be disappointed!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my most treasured aviation volumes., November 23, 2001

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Richard M. Wright (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1000 Destroyed: The Life and Times of the 4th Fighter Group (Hardcover)

I first read this book in college in 1970, and was able to purchase my own copy in the 80's. It is certainly one of THE finest military aviation books ever written.

It differs from other books covering WWII fighter pilots in that it concentrates more on the pilots themselves, rather than their planes and campaigns. It is a much more personnel narrative, yet has some of the most entertaining and exciting tales of aerial warfare ever put on paper.

If you can somehow find a copy of this book, I cannot recommend it more highly.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the finest, August 25, 2007

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Richard M. Wright - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1,000 Destroyed: The Life & Times of the 4th Fighter Group (Hardcover)

This is perhaps the finest book ever written on WWII fighter aviation - at least for the ETO.

Not only does it have vivid accounts of air combat over Europe, but it also introduces one to some of the greatest American pilots (and colorful characters) of WWII - especially the 4th's primary leader, Col. Donald M. Blakeslee.

If you can find a copy of this book, buy it - you won't be sorry you did.