The story of a band of young American pilots and their gritty, close-quarters fight against Hitler's vaunted military. They were the 365th Fighter Group, three squadrons of fighter-bomber pilots. Beginning just prior to D-Day, June 6, 1944, these pilots fresh from flight training in the United States flew in close support of Eisenhower's ground forces as they advanced across France and into Germany. They flew the rugged, heavily armed P-47 Thunderbolt. Living in tents amid the cold mud of their front-line airfields, the 365th's daily routine had much in common with the GIs they supported.

Hell Hawks over Normandy -- Over the beach -- Who were the Hell Hawks? -- Hedgerow breakout -- Falaise and the race across France -- Bradley's aerial hammer : tank-busting across France -- The war of the regular guys -- Stalemate over the H?rtgen -- Air-to-air -- Thunderbolts over the Bulge -- Death from above -- "That is what is beating us" -- Getting shot down -- Moving up -- Into the Reich -- Fighting the jets -- The price of victory -- The new boys -- Reckoning -- Final mission.