BLOODY SKIES: XV Fighter Command Against All Odds

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Details the operations of the USAAF's overlooked XV Fighter Command that protected the bombers during the campaign against the Romanian oil fields in World War II. Tells the story of the Fifteenth's air war through first-person accounts of the fighter pilots of the Fifteenth Fighter Command, including such famous units as the Red Tails -- the Tuskegee Airmen -- the 82nd Fighter Group, and the 325th's 'Checkertail Clan.' Places events in the greater context of the war. Contains a 8-page plate section in black and white.