Aces. True Stories of Victory and Valor in the Skies of World War II

Aces is a celebration of the bold fighter pilots who earned the accolade and joined the ranks of flying aces during World War II aviation combat. Since World War I, fighter pilots have been seen as a breed apart, fighting their battles high above the mud and muck of the battlefields--"knights of the air." During World War II, tens of thousands of aircraft engaged in deadly dogfights in the skies over Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. In this hellish battle for survival, hundreds of pilots c