Customer Reviews

P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Eighth Air Force (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 24)

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This book keeps on with the excellence "The Osprey Aircraft of the Aces" series have us used to. It has a detailed historic account of the missions and the everyday living of these intrepid pilots of the US Air Force since their arrival to Europe with the "jub". It complements these accounts with excellent photos of those days, and perhaps more important, with detailed profiles of the aircraft, the way they where painted and conditioned for the war. Over all, this is really great book, every aviation fan should read.

very beautifull book who show by detail the camouflage of the plane use by the USAAF during world war 2

This book is about famous aces of the 62nd FS/56th FG. Like Hubert 'Hub' Zemke, Rober S. 'Bob' Johnson, Walker 'Bud' Mahurin and a few more. With first hand accounts with Fw-190s and Bf-109s and how the P-47s 'bagged' them.
I only give this book a four star instead of the usual five because the book didn't deliver a complete satisfaction that other books did for me. I would not say it's a bad book, but it's not up the the other 5 star books Osprey's published.
If you want to read about 'Hub' Zemke, 'Bob' Johnson, 'Bud' Mahurin and a few more, then buy this book. But don't expect a wow out of this.