Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force

Jerry Scutts

Bloomsbury USA, Oct 17, 1994 - History - 100 pages

Unquestionably the best American fighter of World War 2, the North American P-51 Mustang served in large numbers with the USAAF's Eighth Air Force from late 1943 until VE Day, and was the mount of most aces in-theatre. Charged with the responsibility of escorting huge formations of B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers on daylight raids deep into Germany, the P-51 pilots of the various fighter groups within the 'Mighty Eighth' went head to head with the cream of the Luftwaffe's fighter squadrons for control of the skies over the Third Reich.

About the author

Jerry Scutts has worked in the field of aviation publishing since the late 1960s, writing over 40 books that have covered a broad spectrum of subject matter ranging from US Navy floatplane fighters in World War 2 to the exploits of the USAF's Phantom IIs over Vietnam. His specialist areas are the Luftwaffe and the US Army Air Forces in World War 2, and he originally appeared on the Osprey list as long ago as 1977, when he wrote the second volume in the now much sought after Air Cam Air War series –- many of the jacket illustrations in this series were also painted by him. Jerry has been a regular contributor to Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series since its inception in 1994.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force; Aircraft of the Aces
• Author: Jerry Scutts
• Illustrated by: Chris Davey
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 1994
• ISBN: 1855324474, 9781855324473
• Length: 100 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / Aviation & Space; History / United States / 20th Century; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General