Thunderbolt

By: Robert S. Johnson, Martin Caidin

Narrated by: Clay Lomakayu

Thunderbolt is the incredible true life story of Robert S. Johnson, one of America’s leading fighter pilot aces in World War II. His memoir is an action-packed account of how a young man from Lawton, Oklahoma went on to amass 28 enemy kills, the first US Army Air Force pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I tally of 26 enemy planes destroyed.

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Exceptional Story

This is the second time I have encountered this book. The first time was back in 1976 when I owned a copy as a boy. I loved it then and I loved it now as I learned much more of Johnson’s story of flying combat in WWII than when I was a kid. Of course this should be the case after serving in two combat tours myself since that period. Now I can appreciate the humility, joy, and agony of loss as Johnson relates it here. Well worth anyone’s time at any age!

Excellent book, bad narrator

This book is awesome and is an excellent read for any fan of aviation or military history. However, the narrator isnt the best, and fails to capture the tone of the story. Also, the narrator can't pronounce aircraft names and the author got several aircraft names wrong.

Great book!

If you like books about WWII fighter war this is your book! You will enjoy it.

The mispronounced name of Focke-Wolf was not great.

Great book written by a great man. He is considered one of the best fighter pilots ever.

a great story and so very true it is

I read this book a long time ago and paperback but I decided to hear it as an audiobook and it was very awesome the narrator did a very excellent job kept you on the edge of your seat it it beats reading the book because when you hear the voices change and all that it's something special reading the book is great and stuff but just to hear the physical voice describing everything it's special it's a great addition and back it's a very true story