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Hell Hawks!: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitler's Wehrmacht (Hardcover)

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Key Phrases: jug pilots, flak gunners, armed reconnaissance mission, Hell Hawks, Ninth Air Force, Charles Johnson (more...)
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"The product of four years of research, [Hell Hawks!] doesn't merely entertain with 'I was there' tales of intrepid aviators, it takes the reader back to a time of our 'greatest generation,' and puts one alongside boys just out of their teens, uprooted from their peacetime lives and thrust, for example, into the cauldron of the Battle of the Bulge...gripping, accurate, and engaging."


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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 twenty years old and fresh from flight training in the United States) flew in close support of Eisenhowers ground forces as they advanced across France and into Germany. They flew the rugged, heavily armed P-47 Thunderbolt, aka the Jug. Living in tents amid the cold mud of their front-line airfields, the 365ths daily routine had much in common with that of the G.I.s they supported.

Their war only stopped with the Nazi surrender on May 8, 1945. During their year in combat, the Hell Hawks paid a heavy price to win the victory. Sixty-nine pilots and airmen died in the fight across the continent. The Groups 1,241 combat missions -- the daily confrontation of sudden, violent death -- forged bonds between these men that remain strong sixty years later. This book will tell their story, the story of the Hell Hawks.


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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Zenith Press; 1st edition (June 15, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0760329184
  • ISBN-13: 978-0760329184
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Dorr Scores Well, As Expected, August 18, 2008
By Don Struke (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
As the owner of many of Bob Dorr's books, I have come to expect that anything he produces will be well-researched, well-presented, and very well-written. "Hell Hawks!" is right up there not only with Dorr's other works but with the best in Be There combat writing. Here's an example: "The German pilot ran flat-out low...threading the needle between a church steeple and tall brick smokestack. Narrow streets raced under the wings of Kraman's P-47 as he engaged the throttle button triggering emergency water injection. His Pratt & Whitney surged as Kraman squeezed off short bursts at his quarry, the enemy banking abruptly left and right to throw off the American's aim. Across the Rhine, farther into Germany, the pair raced east..."

Dorr and co-author Thomas D. Jones (USAF Academy grad, ex-B-52 driver, veteran of four NASA space shuttle flights) also rightly recognize the guys who weren't strapping into the 365th Fighter Group's P-47s: "The men with stripes on their arms didn't pilot Jugs, but they made warfare in the Jug possible." We tend to forget that the aircraft of WW II, after all, were just 15 years removed from Lindbergh's Ryan NYP of 1927 but were very complex machines. The authors salute the men with the stripes well.

The results of close to 200 interviews of 365th FG veteans, other combat vets, family members, and more, plus four years of research, "Hell Hawks!" is loaded with the day-to-day details of fighting a tenaciously fierce enemy, demonstrating throughout the book that ground attack combat was a deadly way to earn your flight pay. The authors bring the personalities of the young pilots alive as well as provide a big picture of Allied strategy and the pace of war from D-Day to victory. This is an excellent book not only for military historians but for anyone who enjoys aviation writers at the top of their game. Splendid!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hell Hawks! - A Must Read for Aviation Enthusiasts!, July 5, 2008
Hell Hawks! brings to life the air war in Europe, using daily missions of the 365th Fighter Group, 9th US Air Force. My dad flew a P-47 Thunderbolt with the 371st FG, and was lost on a mission over Cherbourg two weeks after the D-Day Normandy Landings. There are many books out that tell the story of our heroes on the beaches. We thirsted for one that describes the "band of brothers" who took part in the Liberation of Europe from the air. Now we have one! Anyone interested in a detailed history of one group that was so typical of all should have this tome!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done!!!, August 24, 2008
365th veteran Charles Johnson wrote his comprehensive "History of the Hell Hawks" in the early '70s but only a limited number were published and if a copy can be found, it is very expensive. This new look at the group reasserts the history of this important outfit into the public eye. More importantly, the authors captured more personal stories of the 365th members that otherwise would soon be lost forever. For those who don't want to read through a long boring group history, this is the book for you! It is very well written and fast paced. I thank the authors for this wonderful work. Jay Jones, author of "The 370th Fighter Group in World War II".
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hell Hawks
This is a wonderful book. It consists of a multitude of personal reports of air combat in Europe especially at Normandy and thereafter until the end of the war. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Siai Marchetti

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional Book
Contained much useful information of which I was not aware. For example that the P-47s flew ground support missions early in the Battle of the Bulge in spite of the weather. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Robert Mielbrecht

2.0 out of 5 stars hell hawks
I enjoyed this book. I flew for years as copilot with a fellow who flew Jugs in WW2. He would never talk about it. He never weighed over 110 pounds soaking wet! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Frank Vancleve

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
I found this book disappointing. Basically it seems the authors got hold of the unit's log book and just started writing synopses about each of the unit's missions, with little... Read more
Published 3 months ago by B. F. Kerns

5.0 out of 5 stars Hell Hawks
A great review of the role played by the P47 Thunderbolt in WWII. This was especially interesting to a retired employee of Pratt & Whitney, manufacturer of the R2800.
Published 4 months ago by Richard A. Valentine

5.0 out of 5 stars Memoirs from airmen who fought an up close and personal war in Europe
"Hell Hawks!", by Robert Dorr and Thomas Jones, is the story of the men who made up the 365th Fighter Group. Read more
Published 6 months ago by J. Rudy

5.0 out of 5 stars Close Air Support: A Deadly Gamble
Hell Hawks is probably the best work on USAAF close air support operations in the European Theater. What sets this book from others is the telling personal stories of aggressive... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Alan C. Carey

3.0 out of 5 stars Tough read
As a WWII aviation buff I bought this book based on the excellent reader reviews it received so I am a bit surprised. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. Gangloff

5.0 out of 5 stars Bullet Riddled, Oil Drenched, Loco-Busting Action
The P-47 fighter-bomber story and all that surrounds it -- the plane and the men that it served -- are brought to life in Robert F. Dorr and Thomas D. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Michael L. Shakespeare

4.0 out of 5 stars War through the eyes a P-47 veteran
Hell Hawks provides well documented, first hand accounts of P-47 crews on the front lines of World War II from D-Day to V-E Day. Read more
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