A True Flyer

Memoir of WWII B-25 pilot Jay Moore member of the 345th Bomb Group known as the Air Apaches. The book chronicles the first twenty-four years of his life (1921-45) from growing up on a farm in Biggsville Illinois through the deprivations of the 1930's Depression to his combat duty in the South Pacific. A True Flyer combines Moore's oral history photos and excerpts from his diary and love letters into a funny colorful sometimes brash narrative. Enjoy the military aviation history of WWII flyers: from his solo in the Boeing PT-17 Stearman biplane advanced training in the T-6 Texan and North American B-25 Mitchell bomber on bases in Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and South Carolina. This second edition contains new photographs and a memorial to the author.