Fighter Pilot
Aleutians to Normandy to Stalag Luft 1
Kaufman, Mozart
First Edition. First Printing.
Signed by the author
Mozart Kaufman was a WW II Fighter Pilot. After earning his wings in the Army Air Force, he had his first battle before facing the enemy. In a P-39 Aircobra fighter plane at Hamilton Field, California after five pilots were lost in practice maneuvers with no answers for the crashes, he was the first pilot to bail out and live to tell what caused the planes to crash.
Next, on to Alaska and the Aleutians and 24 combat missions against the Japanese where battling the severe weather turned out to be more threatening than the enemy. And then on to Europe and his most exciting tour of duty. Stationed in Southern England he flew his beloved P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane, the most outstanding fighter plane of World War II, escorting bombers over Germany and France and strafing enemy ground troups.
Early morning June 6, 1944 he found himself bombing and strafing and taking part in support of Eisenhower's Normandy invasion. On his 50th mission on July 30, he was shot out of the sky while bombing German tanks in ground level attacks. Bailing out of a flaming plane at 500 feet, he was captured and relentlessly interrogated in solitary confinement for 30 days. He finally ended up in Stalag Luft I. His experiences of his 10 months in prison camp under the rigors of one of the coldest winters on record, the deprivation of food, and death threats are the highlights of this book.
Softcover
203 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, signed by the author
San Anselmo, California - 1993 - M & A Kaufman Publishers
Art.Nr. 24989
