Hmmm: The Great Escape - seems to me the leader MR X was a "colonial" not a Yank.
Visited the National Air Space Museum in Washington DC at Dulles - the WW2 exhibit starts in 1941? Hello?
Look at any recently published book on WW2 - pre Dec 1941 does not count - even the Desert War was won by the Americans.
The Dambusters should be interesting but how about something about the real backs to the wall stuff - 80 Sqn in Greece for example or the exploits of John Upham or Paddy Mayne.