In “Clean Sweep”, Tom has collected first-hand accounts from the WWII participants overthe past 50 years, meeting pilots such as the legendary “Hub” Zemke, Don Blakeslee, and ChuckYeager, as well as interviewing leading Luftwaffe pilots such as Adolf Galland, Gunther Rall andWalter “Count Punski” Krupinski – – thus stamping “Clean Sweep” as imprimatur, a vividnarrative history of the operational force and impact of the VIII Fighter Command told throughaccounts gathered from both sides.So much praise has been heaped on “Clean Sweep” that I must share with readers myfavorite. LtCol Jay A. Stout, USMC (Ret.), author of “Fighter Group: The 352nd ‘Blue- NosedBastard’ in World War II”, wrote, “The brilliance of Tom Cleaver’s latest effort – ‘Clean Sweep’ –rests on the back of his grub-around-in-every-corner-and-under-every-rock research. He bringsshiny gems to us – – accounts, recollections, facts and perspectives that are fresh, and thatcomplete a story that is too often told with soulless numbers and numbering narratives.
Heartily recommended.”
