ON THE COVER:
The great US Marine Corps ace Joe Foss in the cockpit of his Wildcat. (USMC)

FEATURES:

ATTACK OF SONDERKOMMANDO BLAICH
This little-known Luftwaffe unit — with one bomber, one light aircraft, a convertible car, and a loaned Italian transport — set out to make the Luftwaffe’s longest bomber raid on a vital target / by Rene Blauenstein

WILDCAT WARRIORS
How the Grumman F4Fs of VMF-121, operating under terrible conditions and facing heavy odds, took on and defeated the best the Japanese had to offer / by Steve Blake

COST OF WAR
Selection of rare photographs from our files illustrating the
terrible cost of World War Two / by Michael O’Leary

DEPARTMENTS:

MESSAGE FROM PUBLISHER

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
All the latest international vintage aviation news plus reports on the latest aircraft for the American Heritage Museum, RAF Museum’s Handley-Page Hampden, and flying a T-33 with the Blue Angels / by Doug Fisher

LOG ENTRIES
By purchasing an exact duplicate of the Ryan Spirit of St. Louis, the Japanese hoped to set a number of record flights. It did not work out as they planned / by Mark Bingham

FRIDAY NIGHT OLDIES
Rare Kodachromes of surplus military aircraft /
by Doug Fisher

DOWN MEMORY’S RUNWAY
American aircraft from aviation’s glorious history / by Norm Taylor

AIRLINES
News and views from the readers of Air Classics