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Know the Past ...Shape the Future SUMMER 2021 - Volume 68, Number 2 WWW.AFHISTORY.ORG know the past .....Shape the Future Summer 2021 -Volume 68, Number 2 WWW.AFHISTORY.ORG know the past .....Shape the Future Features Fly High, Fly Low: SAC Photographic Reconnaissance in Southeast Asia William Cahill 7 Gene Deatrick: An Appreciation Jonna Doolittle Hoppes 27 The SA-2 and U-2: Secrets Revealed John A. Schell 33 Mexicans in World War II: America’s Ally of the Air Cynthia Buchanan 43 Book Reviews Balloons and Airships: A Tale of Lighter than Air Aviation By Anthony Burton Review by Joseph Romito 48 Beaufighters:Over Sea, Sand and Steaming Jungles By Jack Colman & Richard Colman Review by Gary Connor 448 Showdown in Western Sahara Volume 2: Air Warfare over the Last African Colony, 1975-1991 By Tom Cooper, Albert Grandolini, & Adrien Fontanellaz Review by George W. Runkle 49 Ho Chi Minh Trail 1964-73: Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll, and the Secret Wars in Vietnam and Laos By Peter E. Davies Review by Joseph D. Yount 50 French Bombers of WWII By José Fernandez and Patrick Laureau Review by Joseph Romito 4550 Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units By Robert Forsythe and Nick Beale Review by Gary Connor 51 Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain By Chris Goss Review by Edward M. Young 52 War in the Far East: Japan Runs Wild 1942-1943 By Peter Harmsen Review by Edward M. Young 52 V2: A Novel of World War II By Robert Harris Review by Robert Huddleston 53 Oswald Boelcke: Germany’s First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat By R. G. Head . Review by Gary Connor 53 Robert A. Lovett and the Development of American Air Power By David M. Jordan Review by Steven D. Ellis 54 Through Adversity: Britain and the Commonwealth’s War in the Air 1939-1945: Volume 1 By Ben Kite Review by Edward M. Young 55 Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot By Helmut Mahlke Review by Joseph Romito 55 US Air Cavalry Trooper versus North Vietnamese Soldier Vietnam 1965-1968 By Chris McNab Review by John Cirafici 56 Inferno: The True Story of a B–17 Gunner’s Heroism and the Bloodiest Military Campaign... By Joe Pappalardo Review by Steven Agoratus 57 Operation Colossus: The First British Airborne Raid of World War II By Lawrence Patterson Review by Steven D. Ellis 57 Airpower Over Gallipoli By Sterling Michael Pavelec Review by Jayson A. Altieri 58 The Battle for Heraklion. Crete 1941: The Battle Revealed Through Allied and Axis Accounts By Yannis Prekatsounakis Review by Steven D. Ellis 59 The Yugoslav Air Force in the Battle for Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991-92, Vol. 1 By Aleksandar Radi Review by John Cirafici 59 Spying from the Sky: At the Controls of U.S. Cold War Aerial Intelligence By Robert L. Richardson Review by Joseph Romito 60 World War II Gunships: YB–40 Flying Fortress and XB–41 Liberator Bomber Escorts By William Wolf Review by Scott A. Willey 61 Departments President’s Message 3 Upcoming Events 62 New History Mystery 64 COVER: The U–2R (front cover), introduced in 1967, was significantly larger than the original U–2. Its wingspan was 103 feet rather than 80 feet. The new aircraft took advantage of a more powerful engine. The Air Force Historical Foundation The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation Summer 2021 Volume 68 Number 2 Editor Richard I. Wolf Editor Emeritus Jacob Neufeld Air Force Historical Foundation Book Review Editor P.O. Box 790 Scott A. Willey Clinton, MD 20735-0790 (301) 736-1959 Advertising Jim Vertenten E-mail: [email protected] On the Web at http://www.afhistory.org Circulation Angela J. Bear Board of Directors Patron Members Col Terry Balven, USAF (Ret.) Lt Gen Christopher D. Miller, USAF (Ret.) 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