MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aD790.252 352nd$b.S76 2012
082 00 $a940.54/4973$223
100 1 $aStout, Jay A.,$d1959-
245 10 $aFighter group :$bthe 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II /$cJay A. Stout.
246 30 $a352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II
260 $aMechanicsburg, PA :$bStackpole Books,$cc2012.
300 $axiii, 418 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 408-410) and index.
505 0 $aThey were boys first -- Birth of the 352nd Fighter Group -- To England -- Combat -- On the scoreboard -- A new year -- The missions -- Fuel and nerves -- Moral dilemma -- March madness -- Mustangs -- The enemy fighters -- The gray enemy -- Aces -- Victory claims -- The deadliest gamble -- Failed guns and varied tactics -- D-Day -- To the other side -- Longer legs and longer missions -- Clearing the table, clearing the sky -- Summer with the French -- Taking care of business -- Unheralded heroics -- To the sound of the guns -- Grinding through the fall -- More mistaken identities -- To the continent and tragedy -- Making history -- Finishing the fight -- Epilogue.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.$bFighter Group, 352nd$xHistory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.$bFighter Group, 352nd$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States