
Non Fiction
Memoir
To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace
Authored by Clarence E. Anderson with Joseph P. Hamelin
Published 1999
Featured aircraft
P-51
Synopsis
Touching, thoughtful, and dead honest, To Fly and Fight is the story of a boy who grew up living his dream. During World War II Anderson flew with Chuck Yeager in the famed 357th Squadron where he became a triple ace by shooting out of the sky fifteen enemy planes. Following World
War II, Anderson became a test pilot and later commanded jet fighter squadrons in South Korea and Okinawa. Then, in 1970, at an age when most pilots have long-since retired, Anderson flew combat strikes over Vietnam.