Thunderbolt! The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace is the incredible true life story of Robert S. Johnson, one of America’s leading fighter pilot aces in World War II. His memoir is an action-packed account of how a young man from Lawton, Oklahoma went on to amass 28 enemy kills, the first U. S. Army Air Force pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I tally of 26 enemy planes destroyed. Johnson’s detailed, vivid descriptions of his close-scrapes with Goering’s elite fighters and numerous other skirmishes makes Thunderbolt! essential reading for World War 2 buffs.
Details
- Publication Date
- Aug 22, 2017
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781387182664
- Category
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Robert S. Johnson, By (author): Martin Caidin
Specifications
- Format
- EPUB