This is a story of high drama and high heroism, told by a master of military aviation history. Once again, Tom Cleaver has given us a work that both informs and entertains, and which makes a substantial and lasting contribution to military aviation historiography. * Richard P. Hallion, former Historian of the US Air Force * The air war in North Africa was as vicious and as consequential as any combat in World War II, but its usually treated like a sideshow. Tom Cleaver gives long-deserved respect and attention to this theater and to the aviators and crews who fought and died to win it for the allies. * Chris Bucholtz, author of 'P-51B/C Mustang: Northwest Europe 194344' * Thomas Cleaver brings his well-honed investigative and storytelling gifts to bear in this remarkable book a new benchmark in the study of aerial operations in the Mediterranean during World War II. * Lynn Ritger, author of 'Messerschmitt Bf 109: Origins and Evolution' * Cleaver masterfully weaves personal stories of pilots into the larger fabric of the war, creating a narrative that puts the reader into the cockpit as well as the history books. * James R. Benn, author of 'The Phantom Patrol' and other Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries * Tom Cleaver neatly weaves a tight web of the varied players in the Mediterranean air war of 194143. * Barrett Tillman, author of 'When the Shooting Stopped' * This is an 'all guns blazing' history of the USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily during World War Two. * Flypast *
