{"product_id":"beware-the-thunderbolt-david-r-mclaren-9780887406607","title":"Beware the Thunderbolt!: The 56th Fighter Group in World War II","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThis story of the legendary 56th Fighter Group in a chronological narrative of their combat missions. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With names like Zemke, Schilling, Gabreski, Mahurin, and Johnson, the 56th Fighter Group was, and still is, one of the legendary fighter units of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Composed of heroic pilots that aggressively took the air war into the enemy heartland in 1943, the \"Wolfpack's\" P-47 Thunderbolt contrails crossed high in the upper stratosphere as they escorted heavy bomber missions, or fell upon the enemy on the ground as their pilots destroyed over 1,000 Luftwaffe aircraft.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The story is also coupled with their post-war history of innovative Mustang missions to Alaska, and the first trans-Atlantic jet fighter missions in the P-80 Shooting Star.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The foreword is by Hub Zemke, former commander of the 56th Fighter Group.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. McLaren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0887406602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780887406607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schiffer Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 8.80w x 0.90d","brand":"David R. McLaren","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425095368959,"sku":"9780887406607","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94590873-2e84-475b-a4af-f0df7a733093.jpg?v=1761536973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beware-the-thunderbolt-david-r-mclaren-9780887406607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}