Air Classics January 2020

 

ON THE COVER:

 

Curtiss P-40Bs of the 20th Pursuit Group shortly after arrival in the Philippines. On the evening of 7 December 1941, the 20th PG consisted of: 3rd Pursuit Squadron/Iba Field/18 P-40Es; 17th PS/Nicholas Field/18 P-40Es; 20th PS/Clark Field/18 P-40Es; 21st PS/Nicholas Field/18 P-40Bs, 34th PS/Del Carmen Field/18 P-35As.

 

OTHER FEATURES:

 

MISSION EXTREME DANGER

To return to the same target was suicidal, but the Marauder crews had to obey their orders / by Kenn C. Rust

 

CHASING THE KOMET

USAAF bomber crews would soon learn to fear the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket fighter - but not as much as the Luftwaffe pilots! / by Mano Ziegler

 

LAST STAND OF THE AIR CORPS

The Japanese invasion of the Philippines saw the Air Corps fight to its last aircraft / by Richard R. Slater

 

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT

A GOOSE OVER THE BAY

FLYING WITH THE GHOST OF JOE HUGHES

 

T.O.C.

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