As events unfold and Fred becomes Jack's wingman, for Jack, the trust that develops between them in the skies translates to everyday admiration of a young man whose flying skills highlight personal qualities, such as loyalty, efficiency and an ability to think on his toes, while on the ground.įred is clueless about his sexuality, but knows he’s indifferent to women and doesn’t ‘fit in’ with the other men in his squadron. Trusteau's admiration for Hardigan is immediate and on a grand scale. When Trusteau transfers to the VF-20, the fighting squadron of Air Group Twenty, aboard the fictitious aircraft carrier Constitution, he is an inexperienced aviator and his new skipper Jack Hardigan, a hotshot veteran of Midway with quite a few kills under his belt. Experienced naval combat aviators are scarce with a majority falling under the young and untried-in-battle classification. The Navy is in the midst of reorganizing the fleet and reconfiguring their strategy against the Japanese. Commander Jack Hardigan, USN and Ensign Frederick "Trusty" Trusteau begins in 1943 toward the end of the Pacific conflict during World War II, after Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway. I began reading Wingmen by Ensan Case on a Saturday afternoon and couldn't put it down until I finished it late the following day.
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