Down to Earth' Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force

''Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight'' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book.

His official endorsement reveals just how important a document Down to Earth was to the teaching of tyro fighter pilots heading for action in the ETO. More leading aces were ...