Ben Drew

The story of the men of the 375th Fighter Squadron in England and ace Ben Drew who fate linked with Luftwaffe pilot Georg-Peter Eder.

This book is about Mustangs and Messerschmitts in 1944. The airplanes and men each have a story: Colonel Christian, the commander of the 361st Fighter Group who disappeared after strafing a railroad yard; Lieutenant McCandliss who fought German jets and became a POW; the Katzenjammer Kids: Bill Kemp, a six plane ace who took on forty Luftwaffe fighters, and Ben Drew, a six plane ace who was the first to shoot down two Me 262s and sank the world's largest airplane; and Georg-Peter Eder, Luftwaffe ace who shot down more heavy bombers and had more victories flying the Me 262 than any man in history.