The Last Fighter Pilot, Don Brown
The Last Fighter Pilot, Don Brown
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The Last Fighter Pilot
The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II

Author: Don Brown, Jerry Yellin, Melanie Sloan

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/31/2017

Synopsis

On the morning of August 15, 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin flew the last combat mission of World War II out of Iwo Jima. Today, Captain Yellin is a sharp, engaging, ninety-three-year-old veteran whose story is brought to life by bestselling author Don Brown (Treason).From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafing missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs—on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9—the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender.Bestselling author Don Brown sits down with Yellin to tell the incredible true story of the final combat mission of World War II. Nine days after Hiroshima, on the morning of August 15, Yellin and his wingman First Lieutenant Philip Schlamberg took off from Iwo Jima to bomb Tokyo. By the time Yellin returned to Iwo Jima, the war was officially over—but his young friend Schlamberg would never get to hear the news. The Last Fighter Pilot is a harrowing first-person account of war from one of America’s last living World War II veterans.

About Don Brown

Don Brown, a former US Navy JAG officer and special assistant US attorney, is the author of thirteen legal and military books. His work includes the bestselling novels Treason (2005) and The Malacca Conspiracy (2010), as well as the exposé Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shoot-Down of SEAL Team Six (2015), a highly detailed account of the most deadly American loss-of-life in the Afghan War—the shootdown of a US Army Chinook helicopter carrying thirty Americans, including seventeen members of the vaunted SEAL Team Six.

About Jerry Yellin

Captain (Retired) Jerry Yellin (1924–2017) was an Army Air Corps veteran who served in WWII between 1941 and 1945.

About Robertson Dean

Robertson Dean has played leading roles on and off Broadway and at dozens of regional theaters throughout the country. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Yale. His audiobook narration has garnered ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. He now lives in Los Angeles, where he works in film and television in addition to narrating.

Reviews

Goodreads review by KOMET on September 12, 2017

"THE LAST FIGHTER PILOT: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II" is centered mainly on the combat service of Army Captain Jerry Yellin of the 78th Fighter Squadron (15th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Force [USAAF]) in the Pacific between March and August 15, 1945 (the end......more

Goodreads review by Fred on August 07, 2017

I really liked this book. a lot of interesting things going on, although a short book. which made it great to read. I liked it as my dad flew B29's in the Pacific. It gave me insight on that. Also the battle of Iwo Jima gave insight as to why the atom bombs were used. I highly recommend this book.......more

Goodreads review by Dee on September 27, 2022

Audible.com 4 hours 40 min. Narrated by Robertson Dean (A) The true story of the last combat mission World War Two. Too many of us believe that the air war ended after the the second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. There is an interesting introduction to the book by 90 year old Capt. Yellin, and a f......more

Goodreads review by Alex on July 25, 2019

Good story and very sad too. Quick easy read......more

Goodreads review by Penecks on January 07, 2024

The Last Fighter Pilot is a short narrative focusing on Jerry Yellin's stint in the army air force, mostly escorting bombers over the Japanese home islands during the very end of the war, and focusing on some of his relationships with his flightmates. Overall, I can't recommend this book to any seri......more

Quotes

“Rich dialogue flows…Brown has penned another winner.” Publishers Weekly on The Malacca Conspiracy

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