Another good book on the subject is Fly Boys.
Suggest people stay away from the book “Flyboys,” unless they can get a free copy.
The author, James Bradley, is a hard core Leftist. Flyboys and Flags of our Fathers may have been good (although Flags was really a thinly disguised indictment of the US war “propaganda” effort, but he really showed his true self with “The Imperial Cruise”. Any historical accuracy and relevancy in the book are completely overshadowed by his chip on the shoulder ideological editorializing.