Gundam Pilot Series of Biographies - The Brave Soldiers in the Sky

Chronicles the life of the four more prominent pilots of the Zeon Principality before and during the One Year War:

Mission.1 - Johnny Ridden
Mission.2 - Shin Matsunaga
Mission.3 - Elliot Rem
Mission.4 - Thomas Kurtz

March 0078, Thomas Kurtz, an Earth Federation test pilot is testing mobile suits when the war broke out.