Books following pilots' careers can become rather familiar to the avid aviation enthusiast/reader, but occasionally a real gem comes along and this is one of them. Due to the classified nature of their missions - much of which remains secret to this day - there are few detailed accounts of Cold War spyplane pilots. Colonel William J Gregory was a highly decorated World War Two combat pilot flying P-38 Lightnings. Post-war, he led the CIA U-2 team that photographed missiles in Cuba, providing a vital tool as President Kennedy negotiated to prevent World War Three. Prior to working with the Lockheed Skunk Works, Gregory flew the RB-57D on peripheral 'ferret' missions around the Soviet Union and its communist allies. In the process he collected their orders of battle, which the USAF desperately needed at the time.
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