Yellowjackets!: The 361st Fighter Group in World War II - P-51 Mustangs Over GermanyYellowjackets! The 361st Fighter Group in World War II is a narrative history of a combat unit attached to the U.S. 8th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations from December 1943 through the end of the war in Europe. |
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