Attack & Conquer: The 8th Fighter Group in World War II

by John Stanaway, Lawrence J. Hickey

The 8th fought the best Zero pilots, and took the war to the enemy with P-38s over Rabaul and Hollandia.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1995

Reviews

[Patrick Foley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful piece of history. Great research, marvelous photographs and very enjoyable writing. It also struck a nice balance between official histories and personal remembrances from both the pilots and the guys on the ground. The only reason I didn't give the book a resounding five stars is that the editing is horrible, and this I blame more on the publisher than the authors. In one of the early chapters two complete paragraphs are repeated and not right after each other but at completely different points in the chapter... this was very confusing because it obviously didn't fit into the flow of the narrative, so first you try to figure out what's going on, then you go... "wait a minute, didn't I already read this?"... yes you did. I can only guess that this was someone cutting a pasting to fit the text around the many photos. But, while it's annoying don't let that stop you, this is history well worth reading!