Night Fighter's Luck: Memoir of a Naval Aviator in World War II and Korea

In this memoir, Commander James L. Brown, Jr., recalls, in vivid detail, his service flying night fighters in World War II and in Korea. As a naval aviator in the Pacific Theater, he flew F6F-5N Hellcats on dangerous missions and very narrowly escaped death multiple times. After World War II, he flew the F8F Bearcat as a reserve officer before being called up for active duty in Korea, where he flew the F4U Corsair on night attack "heckler" missions. Brown recalls all of the times that he pr...