475th Fighter Group by Stanaway, John

475th Fighter Group (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781846030437)

Vendor: John Stanaway
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Format: Paperback
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475th Fighter Group by Stanaway, John

475th Fighter Group

$27.00
475th Fighter Group by Stanaway, John

475th Fighter Group

$27.00
Format: Paperback
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Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific, the 475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief, General George C Kenney. From the time the group entered combat in August 1943 until the end of the war it was the fastest scoring group in the Pacific and remained one of the crack fighter units in the entire US Army Air Forces with a final total of some 550 credited aerial victories. Amongst its pilots were the leading American aces of all time, Dick Bong and Tom McGuire, with high-scoring pilots Danny Roberts and John Loisel also serving with the 475th. Among the campaigns and battles detailed in this volume are such famous names as Dobodura, the Huon Gulf, Oro Bay, Rabaul, Hollandia, the Philippines and Luzon.

Author: John Stanaway
ISBN-10: 1846030439
ISBN-13: 9781846030437
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2007
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.76h x 7.32w x 0.35d
By John Stanaway
By John Stanaway
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John Stanaway has written two best-selling volumes in the Aces series both covering the exploits of the greatest Pacific fighter of them all, the P-38 Lightning. He is also an official historian of the National P-38 Pilots' Association. The author lives in Ohio, USA.

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