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245 10 Vanished Hero|h[Elektronisk resurs] /|cJay A Stout 
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500    |5MoE|aOffline epub med Adobe-kryptering (13.02 MB) 
520    A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti 
       remains one of the most unknown, yet compelling, colorful 
       and controversial commanders of World War II.Arriving late
       to the war, he led the England-based 55th Fighter Group 
       against the Nazis during the closing months of the fight 
       with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the
       group from a middling organization of no reputation into a
       headline-grabbing team that had to make excuses to no one.
       Indeed, Righetti’s boldness paid off as he quickly 
       achieved ace status and additionally scored more strafing 
       victories—27—than any other Eighth Air Force 
       pilot.However, success came at a high cost in men and 
       machines.  Some of Righetti’s pilots resented him as
       a Johnny-come-lately intent on winning a sack of medals at
       their expense.  But most lauded their spirited new 
       commander and his sledgehammer audacity.  Indeed, he made 
       his men most famous for “loco busting,” as 
       they put more than six hundred enemy locomotives out of 
       commission—170 in just two days!   Ultimately, 
       Righetti’s calculated recklessness ran full speed 
       into the odds.  His aircraft was hit while strafing an 
       enemy airfield only four days before the 55th flew its 
       last mission.  Almost farcically aggressive to the end, he
       coaxed his crippled fighter through one more firing pass 
       before making a successful crash landing.  Immediately, he
       radioed his men that he was fine and asked that they 
       reassure his family. Righetti was never heard from 
       again.Vanished Hero tells the story of this remarkable man
       and the air war that he and his comrades fought, while 
       examining his possible fate.  EPUB3: Reflowable [Elib] 
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655  4 E-böcker 
655  4 Historia 
655  4 Memoarer & Biografier 
655  4 Samhälle & politik 
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