Hooked: Tails & Adventures of a Tailhook Warrior

As my vision cleared, the Zero fighter, with its big red "meatball" insignia was flying off my right wing, just like a wingman.

THE PILOT WAS STARING AT ME!

Like a cat with nine lives, CDR Clayton Fisher, a Navy carrier pilot, narrowly escaped death time after time. His love of flying began in childhood, starting with rides in barnstorming biplanes and a blimp, continuing on into the Battle of Midway, where he was a dive bomber pilot during the greatest naval battle in U.S. history.

He flew...