Bloody Skies

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with his most recent work being the best-selling Osprey titles MiG Alley (2019), I Will Run Wild (2020), Under the Southern Cross (2021), The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club (2021), Going Downtown (2022), The Cactus Air Force (2022) alongside the late Eric Hammel, Clean Sweep (2023) and most recently Turning The Tide (2024). Tom served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.

• Chapter 1: Black SundayChapter 2: The Fifteenth Air Force Takes ShapeChapter 3: The Fifteenth is BloodedChapter 4: The Fifteenth Air Force Comes of AgeChapter 5: Target Ploe?tiChapter 6: Shuttle to RussiaChapter 7: Red TailsChapter 8: July 1944 – High Point of the CampaignChapter 9: August CrescendoChapter 10: Where is the Luftwaffe?Chapter 11: The Final Battles

Tom Cleaver’s account of the Fifteenth Air Force in its effort to disrupt the Luftwaffe’s access to oil supplies is an epic tale… It brings to life the thrills, dangers, and, ultimately, a tsunami of action worthy of Twelve O’Clock High.