Edward H. Sims

American Aces is a collection of twelve accounts of the most memorable missions of the (then) top surviving World War II fighter pilots. The featured aces and their stories are:
1. Night Scramble at Hengyang – 1942 – John R. Alison
2. Chase Over New Guinea – 1942 – John D. Landers
3. Battling Zeros Over Kunming –1943 - Bruce K. Holloway
4. Scratch Two of the Abbeville Boys – 1943 – James A. Goodson
5. Lightning Over Huron Gulf – 1943 – Jay T. Robbins
6. Cat and Mouse Near Emden – 1943 – Francis S. Gabreski
7. ME-109 at Six O’Clock – 1943 – John T. Godfrey
8. First Strike at Berlin – 1944 – Robert S. Johnson
9. A Game of Bluff at Sorau – 1944 – Henry W. Brown
10. Clash of Leyte’s Ormoc Bay – 1944 – Charles H. MacDonald
11. Surprise at Asch – 1945 – J.C. Meyer
12. Death of the Luftwaffe – 1945 – Joseph L. Thury
Each of the stories is well written and each provides a level of detail which holds the reader’s interest. In addition, each story is accompanied by an annotated diagram which helps the reader visualize the combat action and the locations of the pilots and their targets during the described engagement. See Common Knowlege for a sample of the writing style.… (more)