Martin Bowman has written more than a dozen titles on the ‘Mighty Eighth’ over the past 20 years including three highly-successful volumes in Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series. He has interviewed many veterans over the years.Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974-78, and since he graduated with honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon. Jim completed all the digital artwork in this volume.Mark Postlethwaite is a leading aviation artist and illustrator of the covers for Osprey Publishing's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. Mark completed the battlescene painting in this volume.

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• IntroductionChronologyStrategic situation: A discussion of the situation facing Nazi Germany and the Allies in the final three years of the warDesign & DevelopmentTechnical SpecificationsCombatantsCombat: A review of specific combat actions accompanied by biographical detail, first-hand accounts and photographsAnalysis: Statistical data showing the numbers of P-51s and Fw 190s lost in battleConclusionBibliography and further reading list

Martin Bowman has written more than a dozen titles on the ‘Mighty Eighth’ over the past 20 years including three highly-successful volumes in Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series. He has interviewed many veterans over the years.Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974-78, and since he graduated with honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon. Jim completed all the digital artwork in this volume.Mark Postlethwaite is a leading aviation artist and illustrator of the covers for Osprey Publishing's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. Mark completed the battlescene painting in this volume.

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• IntroductionChronologyStrategic situation: A discussion of the situation facing Nazi Germany and the Allies in the final three years of the warDesign & DevelopmentTechnical SpecificationsCombatantsCombat: A review of specific combat actions accompanied by biographical detail, first-hand accounts and photographsAnalysis: Statistical data showing the numbers of P-51s and Fw 190s lost in battleConclusionBibliography and further reading list