Might in Flight

MIGHT IN FLIGHT
Daily Diary of the Eighth Air Force's
HELL'S ANGELS
303rd Bombardment Group (H)
by
Harry D. Gobrecht, Lt. Colonel, USAF (Ret)
358th BS/303rd BG(H) Pilot. Historian, 303rd Bomb Group (H) Association, Inc.
[about the author]

Might in Flight is completely SOLD OUT and out of print. Many copies have been donated to museums and libraries. Those we are aware of are listed below. If you know of a library that has a copy, please let us know and we will add it to the list. If you have both editions, you may want to consider donating the 1st Edition to a library.

48 Fighter Wing Headquarters, USAF Base - RAF Lakenheath, UK (1st Ed)
Air Education & Training Command Museum Library - Randolph AFB, TX (1st Ed)
Air Force History Supply Office - Washington DC
Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center Library - Maxwell AFB, AL (1st Ed)
Auburn University Library - Auburn, AL (1st Ed) (Library call number D-769.3-303rd.G57-1993)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Library - Salt Lake City, UT (2nd Ed)
Colorado State University ROTC Library - Fort Collins, CO (2nd Ed)
Eighth Air Force Museum - Barksdale AFB, LA (1st Ed)
Gann Museum of Saline County - Benton, AR (1st Ed)
George C. Marshall Library - Virginia Military Institution, Lexington, VA (1st Ed)
Indiana University Northwest, Calument Regional Archives - Gary, Indiana (1st Ed)
Joint Analysis Center, USEUCOM - RAF Molesworth, UK (1st & 2nd Ed)
Lake City Library - Lake City, FL
Library of Congress - Washington, DC (1st & 2nd Ed)
Lone Star Flight Museum Library - Galveston, TX (1st Ed)
MacDill AFB Museum Library - MacDill AFB, FL (1st Ed)
March Field Museum Library - March AFB, CA (1st Ed)
Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Library - Pooler, GA (1st & 2nd Ed)
Museum of Valor - Fresno, CA (1st Ed)
National Air & Space Museum - Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (1st Ed)
National Defense University Library - Washington, DC (2nd Ed)
Oklahoma Air National Guard Library - Oklahoma City, OK (1st Ed)
Orange County Public Library - San Clemente, CA (1st Ed)
Palm Harbor Public Library - Palm Harbor, FL
Palm Springs Air Museum Library - Palm Springs, CA (1st Ed) (also Molesworth Story CD-ROM 1st Ed)
Penn State University Library 8th AF Historical Society Collection - University Park, PA (1st Ed)
RAF Molesworth Base Library - England (2nd Ed)
San Diego Aerospace Museum - Balboa Park, San Diego, CA (1st Ed) (also Molesworth Story CD-ROM 1st Ed)
Smithsonian Institution - Washington DC
Smoot Library - King George, VA (2nd Ed)
Soldier's & Sailors Memorial Hall Library - Pittsburgh, PA (2nd Ed)
Staedtische Buecherei im Haus Beda - Bitburg, Germany (1st Ed)
State Library of Ohio Catalog Center - Columbus, OH
Stillwater Regional Airport Museum Library - Stillwater, OK (1st Ed)
Strategic Air Command Museum - Offutt AFB, NE (1st Ed)
Texas Tech University Library - Lubbock, TX (2nd Ed)
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Toledo, OH
Travis Air Force Base Museum Library - Travis AFB, CA (1st Ed)
U.S. Air Force Museum Library - Wright Patterson AFB, OH (1st Ed)
United States Air Force Academy Library - Colorado Springs, CO (1st & 2nd Ed)
University of Texas at Austin Library - Austin, TX (1st Ed)
Veterans Military Museum - Sonora, CA (1st Ed)

Might in Flight traces each day of the 303rd's history from its February 1942 constitution and activation, explores it's lineage and stateside pre-combat training and overseas movement to Eighth Air Force Station 107 at Molesworth, England. Each of the Group's 364 combat missions are discussed including: 8th AF, 1st Bomb Division, Wing and Group order of battle information; formation leaders; 210 aircraft losses, 1,748 casualties with their Missing in Action status, Missing Air Crew Report and/or Evadee & Escapee numbers; Mission facts, stories and highlights; Mission commendations, honors and major awards received; Aircraft accidents.

Interspersed throughout Might in Flight are important USAAF, 8th AF and other happenings that impacted upon the 303rd's remarkable air war record. Included are key visitors, fun and non-combat events and command changes. Briefly described is: The post war shut-down at Molesworth; July 25, 1945 inactivation with the Air Transport Command in Casablanca, North Africa; Brief reactivation as a USAF B-29 and B-52 Wing: Utilization of the Molesworth, England airfield and site as a key "Cold War" airfield and cruise missile base. The book end sheets contain full size color reproductions of the 303rd BG(H), 358th, 359th, 360th and 427th BS insignia. An extensive page number index includes: Personnel - All individuals whose names are mentioned in book events or stories, who were MIA, other casualties, who are known to have completed a full combat tour; Aircraft - All 303rd BG(H) named aircraft. Many interesting and exciting wartime events that happened during 1942-45 at Molesworth are depicted.

The Might in Flight personnel index is not a roster of those who served with the 303rd BG(H). It only includes the many names that are mentioned in the book. To have listed all of the 9,000+ names of everyone who served with the 30rd BG(H) would have required a second book volume and would have doubled the retail price of the book.