Reviews for In My Sights: The Memoir of a P-40 Ace

The average rating for In My Sights: The Memoir of a P-40 Ace based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-02-23 00:00:00 Bobbie Anne Brandau A somewhat simple memoir with a strong focus on combat experience. The author gives a decent background of his life growing up on a farm in the depression and how tough that was. But after he joins the military he does not spend much time talking about his personal life. He spends a good deal of time talking about his experience early in the war against Japan against the Zero which was a better plane than our fighter planes giving the Japanese a big advantage. He had a lot of his squadron mates die in the Pacific. He also talks about his experience with the people of New Zealand and Australia. After many adventures he was transferred back to the States where he did some instructor time, got married, and then assigned to the European theater in Italy flying bomber escort in P-38s. He does talk about his next assignments after the war and working with Jet aircraft. He spent some time in Korea and some time training Taiwanese Air Force pilots. However, he doesn't go in depth on his time there or really have much deep analysis on the people other than a few stories he shares.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-02-09 00:00:00 Stewart Johnston A mediocre memoir of a genuine war hero. Disjointed, poorly edited and, weirdly, too detailed and not informative enough at the same time. Still, a nice memento for his family. And autographed at the Reno air show so I guess we have to keep it.