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'MUSTANG MENACE" by ROBERT BAILEY
Late August 1944. A German tank column moving to the front has had the unfortunate luck to cross paths with a Kriegslok train carrying petrol chemicals. Alerted by a Forward Air Controller, fighters of the 357th Fighter Group attack with a vengeance at the target-rich environment. The ensuing conflagration is just another day on the job for the 357th. Lead airplane is 'Passion Wagon,' flown by 1st Lieutenant Arval Roberson.
The 'Yoxford Boys' (357th Fighter Group) scored the second most air victories (595) in the 8th Air Force, had the most enemy aircraft destroyed in air combat in one day (55.5), most enemy jet aircraft (Me262's) destroyed in air combat (18.5), was the fastest scoring fighter group during the last year of the war, and had 42 aces!
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