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For Dutton Calibers American War Heroes series the riveting true story ofUnited States Air Force officer flying ace and recordsetting test pilot Chuck Yeager

Bold brash and brimming with courage Chuck Yeager burst onto the scene as a national hero in 1947 when he became the first to fly an airplane faster than the speed of sound Yet even before his days as Americas most famous test pilot Yeager was a young fighter ace in the US Army Air Force flying a P51 Mustang over Nazioccupied Europe His exploits are the stuff of legend

Soon after downing his first enemy fighter Yeager too was shot down surviving thanks to the help of the French Resistance and his own skills as a bomb makerand earned a Bronze Star for saving the life of a fellow American Against regulation and only with the approval of General Eisenhower himself Yeager returned to duty as a fighter pilot While fiercely protecting Allied bombers he shot down eleven enemy planes including a lightningfast Messerschmitt Me 262 the worlds first jetpowered airplane and completed more than sixty missions

In Chuck Yeager acclaimed author Don Keith tells the true story of the American icon during the war in which Yeager first proved he had the right stuff

Cover image courtesy of the San Diego Air amp Space Museum