The Black Scorpions Serving With The 64th Fighter Squadron In World War Ii 1st Edition General James A Lynch Gregory Lynch Jr by General James A. Lynch & Gregory Lynch Jr. 9781636243078, 163624307X instant download after payment.

The 57th Fighter Group arrived in Egypt just in time for the battle at El Alamein. How the United States was able to get the pink-winged P-40s to the battlefield baffled the Germans for many years. The Black Scorpions chased the Afrika Corps across the top of Africa, culminating in the Palm Sunday massacre where the Squadron helped shoot down 74 planes in a single engagement. For the Italian campaign, the Black Scorpions switched from P-40s to P-47s, changing from fighters to bombers and disrupting the German and Italian lines up the Italian Peninsula.

Through all the battles, including a battle with an erupting Mount Vesuvius, James Lynch kept an unauthorized diary. He also collected daily intelligence reports, newspaper stories, souvenirs, pictures, and letters from home. After the war he reminisced with fellow soldiers about their experiences, and eventually felt it was time to write the story of the Black Scorpions—this book is the result.

Table of Contents

Part 1 African Campaign

Chapter 1 Boston to Palestine

Chapter 2 El Alamein and Egypt

Chapter 3 Tripoli and Libya

Chapter 4 Tunisia

Part 2 Italian Campaign

Chapter 5 Sicily

Chapter 6 Italian Peninsula to Naples

Chapter 7 Corsica

Chapter 8 Back to Italy