Zemke's Wolf Pack is the the story of Hubert Zemke member of the 56th fighter group in the skies over Europe during World War II. Colonel Hubert Zemke was one of the pre-eminent WWII fighter commanders in the European theater. His 56th Fighter Group, the Wolfpack,” was credited with 665 air-to-air victories, leading all fighter groups in the European Theater of Operations. Zemke alone had 17.75 confirmed victories in 154 combat missions, putting him in the top 25 of all Army Air Forces World War II fighter pilots. He once said that if he had been a better shot, he would have had twice as many.

Zemke was a professional fighter pilot before the US entered the war. His insistence on discipline in the air and on the ground earned him the respect of all his men but not always the love of some high-spirited pilots. A superb tactician, he originated The Zemke Fan and other tactical innovations. The Zemke Fan drastically changed Eighth Air Force policy that had required escorting fighters to stay with the bombers at all times. Colonel Zemke was convinced that if some fighters fanned out well ahead of the bombers, many enemy fighters could be shot down as they were forming up to attack the bomber stream. 

This book is signed  by two aces who were part of Zemke’s 56th Fighter Group, Colonel Bud Mahurin and Colonel Francis Stanley Gabreski.

Colonel Bud Mahurin was the first American pilot to become a double ace in the European Theater and was the only United States pilot to shoot down enemy planes in both  the European and Pacific Theatre. During World War II he was credited with 20.75 aerial victories, making him the sixth-highest American P-47 ace. Later during the Korean war he was credited with shooting down 3.5 Mig-15's over Korea, This giving him a total of 24.25 aircraft destroyed in aerial combat.

Colonel Francis "Gabby" Gabreski was a Polish career pilot in the US Air Force who retired as a Colonel after 26 years of military service. He was the top American fighter ace over Europe during WWII  and a jet fighter ace with the Air Force in the Korean war.  On July 5, 1944 "Gabby", became America's leading ace in the ETO, with his score of 28 destroyed matching the total at the time of confirmed victories of the Pacific Theatre's top American ace, Richard Bong. This total was never surpassed by any U.S. pilot fighting the Luftwaffe.  Following WW11 he served in Korea and   where he had 61/2 Mig-15 kill credits making  him one of seven U.S . pilots to become an ace in more than one war. 

This book is in pristine Condition and signed as photographed.