Fletcher is the author of Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of USS Intrepid’s Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash with the Superbattleship Musashi (NAL/Caliber 2012).

Serving as an aviator in the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1974, he is the son of USS Intrepid pilot Will Fletcher, who was awarded a Navy Cross for heroism for his actions in the Pacific during World War II. A practicing attorney, Fletcher lives outside Memphis.

 

PRAISE FOR INTREPID AVIATORS

“A thrilling, deeply moving literary memorial to the American flyboys whose immense sacrifice and courage really did change the world.”

—Alex Kershaw, author of The Liberator and The Bedford Boys

“Skillfully blends the memories of the participants who survived, including his own father, and the diaries and official action reports of others.... Contributes fresh details of shipboard life, his intimate understanding of military strategy, bringing into fresh focus the skill and training required of everyone on the carrier.” —Knoxville News Sentinel