Double-Theater Ace – The fearless missions of legendary fighter pilot Col. John D. Landers

“No, I don’t carry any kind of luck charm,” said Lieutenant Colonel John D. Landers, commanding officer of the 78th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, “I don’t know where my luck in finding enemy planes comes from. Some of the other group commanders claim that if they dropped me into a barrel of lard, I’d bump into a Nazi plane!” Whether it was luck or whether he could “smell the rats” (as some have said)...

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