P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and Cbi
Stanaway, John
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BOOK SUMMARY
The P-38 Lightning is perhaps the most popular WWII fighter.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Over 50 aces flew P-38s in the Pacific including America's leading ace, Dick Bong.
The P-38 was used on virtually every front to which the USAAF were committed, but enjoyed its greatest successes in the Pacific and China-Burma-India (CBI) theatres. The speed, range and firepower of the P-38 made it the favourite of nearly all aircrew fighting in the Solomons, New Guinea and the Philippines, and over 1800 Japanese aircraft fell to its guns. From the first encounters at the end of 1942 until the Lightning scored the final Fifth Air force victories in August 1945, these pilots made the Pacific skies very much their own battleground.
BOOK EXCERPTS
Contents
Introduction
Early Operations
The Yamamoto Mission
Wewak, Rabaul and Hollandia
Lessons from Hollandia
The Philippines
P-38 Aces of the CBI
Bong and McGuire
Appendices
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1855326337
ISBN(13-digit): 9781855326330
Copyright: 1997
Dewey Decimal: 355
Book Publisher: Osprey Pub Co
Language: ENG
Binding: Sewn
Paper Weight (lb): 0.75
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