49th Fighter Group: Aces of the Pacific by Hess, William N.

49th Fighter Group: Aces of the Pacific (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781841767857)

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Format: Paperback
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49th Fighter Group: Aces of the Pacific by Hess, William N.

49th Fighter Group: Aces of the Pacific

$27.00
49th Fighter Group: Aces of the Pacific by Hess, William N.

49th Fighter Group: Aces of the Pacific

$27.00
Format: Paperback
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The 49th FG was sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java. Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners' handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated forces that had fled from the Philippines and Java. This book assesses the outstanding performance of the 49th FG, pitted against superior Japanese forces. By VJ-Day the group had scored 668 aerial victories and won three Distinguished Unit Citations and ten campaign stars for its outstanding efforts.

Author: William N. Hess
ISBN-10: 1841767859
ISBN-13: 9781841767857
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2004
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.76h x 7.24w x 0.38d
By William N. Hess
By William N. Hess
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William Hess is the official historian for the American Fighter Aces Association, and is one of the most highly respected aviation writers of his generation. A B-17 crewman during World War 2, Hess has written over 40 books during his long and distinguished career.

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