“Originally published under the restrictions imposed by wartime
security, 'Wildcats' Over Casablanca puts the reader in the ready
room and in the cockpit in a vivid, fast-paced account of the
Ranger’s squadrons in action against the Vichy French during
Operation Torch in November 1942.”—Robert J. Cressman, author of
USS Ranger: The Navy’s First Flattop from Keel to Mast,
1934–1946
“‘Wildcats’ Over Casablanca offers a riveting account of Operation
Torch, the November 1942 Anglo-American invasion of French North
Africa, as viewed through the cockpit of U.S. naval aviators as
they battled a surprisingly feisty Vichy French resistance. Just as
Torch was a vital first stop in the liberation of North Africa and
eventually Europe from Axis domination, so it constituted an
exhilarating, and on occasion fatal, baptism of fire for a
generation of Americans in the Mediterranean theater. This is a
document of primary importance in understanding the face of battle
in the air.”—Douglas Porch, author of Path to Victory, The
Mediterranean Theater in WWII
“‘Wildcats’ Over Casablanca by Lieutenants Wordell and Seiler
became an almost immediate ‘classic’ when it was first published in
1943. It has lost none of its impact, providing intimate insights
into the lives and combat experiences of fighter pilots aboard the
USS Ranger during the 1942 invasion of North Africa.”—Norman
Polmar, author of Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation
and Its Influence on World Events
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