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The last fighter pilot the true story of the final combat mission of World War II

"From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the pilots continued to fly. Thoug...

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Main Authors: Brown, Don, 1960- (Author), Yellin, Jerry (Author)
Corporate Author: United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 78th
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2017]
Subjects:
Yellin, Jerry.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Japan > Tokyo.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface: springtime in America
  • The Seventy-Eighth Fighter Squadron
  • The first night in Hell
  • A graveyard for bombers and the need for Iwo Jima
  • Assessing the threat
  • Hell rains from the skies
  • The Chichi Jima problem: the last impediment for the fighters
  • Hitting Chichi Jima
  • In the mind of the enemy
  • Prelude to a massacre
  • Massacre of the night fighters
  • Jerry hopes for a chance
  • The rain; and news; breaks
  • On to Japan
  • The Second Empire mission and the death of a president
  • Baseball, softball, and the southern boy from Clemson
  • The raid on Osaka
  • Five hours over Chichi Jima
  • Heartbreak over Tokyo
  • The blazing winds of August
  • Jerry hears the news
  • The enemy stalls
  • Over Tokyo
  • Epilogue: the final salute.

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