“Originally published under the restrictions imposed by wartime security, 'Wildcats' Over Casablanca puts the reader in the ready room and in the cockpit in a vivid, fast-paced account of the Ranger’s squadrons in action against the Vichy French during Operation Torch in November 1942.”—Robert J. Cressman, author of USS Ranger: The Navy’s First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934–1946 “‘Wildcats’ ... Read moreOver Casablanca offers a riveting account of Operation Torch, the November 1942 Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa, as viewed through the cockpit of U.S. naval aviators as they battled a surprisingly feisty Vichy French resistance. Just as Torch was a vital first stop in the liberation of North Africa and eventually Europe from Axis domination, so it constituted an exhilarating, and on occasion fatal, baptism of fire for a generation of Americans in the Mediterranean theater. This is a document of primary importance in understanding the face of battle in the air.”—Douglas Porch, author of Path to Victory, The Mediterranean Theater in WWII “‘Wildcats’ Over Casablanca by Lieutenants Wordell and Seiler became an almost immediate ‘classic’ when it was first published in 1943. It has lost none of its impact, providing intimate insights into the lives and combat experiences of fighter pilots aboard the USS Ranger during the 1942 invasion of North Africa.”—Norman Polmar, author of Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events Show Less