You all might want to read the series by James Ferro-"Hogs at War", or maybe just "Hogs", whatever.
A fiction series, but I think he was an A10-A pilot in the war-in any event, a heck of a good series. Not "literature", by any means, but very captivating.
I don't know if it's out of print now or not-Amazon can get you started, then eBay, old book stores, etc....