475th Fighter Group - Aviation Elite Units

Informationen zum Autor John Stanaway, illustrated by Chris Davey, Mark Postlethwaite Klappentext 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. This book details these pilots, the planes they flew and the campaigns and battles they fought in including such famous names as Dobodura, the Huon Gulf, Oro Bay, Rabaul, Hollandia, the Philippines and Luzon. Zusammenfassung 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. This book details these pilots, the planes they flew and the campaigns and battles they fought in including such famous names as Dobodura, the Huon Gulf, Oro Bay, Rabaul, Hollandia, the Philippines and Luzon. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE BE JOYFUL IN BATTLE CHAPTER TWO HUON GULF AND RABAUL CHAPTER THREE LONG RANGE OVER WATER CHAPTER FOUR THE PHILIPPINES CHAPTER FIVE SOUTHEAST ASIA AND BEYOND APPENDICES COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY UNIT HERALDRY INDEX ...

Product details

• Authors: Chris Davey, John Stanaway, Stanaway John
• Assisted by: Chris Davey (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2007
• EAN: 9781846030437
• ISBN: 978-1-84603-043-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 187 mm x 248 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Aviation Elite Units; Aviation elite units
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space