Osprey Colour Series (Aviation) : Thunderbolt and Lightning : The Jug and the Fork-Tailed Devil

This 128 page photobook provides a pictorial tour around surviving examples of the P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt, the fighter workhorses of the USAF in all theatres of the Second World War. It includes spectacular air-to-air shots of restored models, views of aircraft restoration in progress, as well as archive material such as wartime recruiting posters and adverts. These aircraft were capable of projecting air power deep into Fortress Europe pushing back the full might of German air power. Text and photographs by Michael O'Leary.