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Informationen zum Autor 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 was also an official historian of the National P-38 Pilots’ Association. Mark Postlethwaite was born in Leicestershire in 1964 and has developed a lifelong passion for aviation history. He first worked as a photographer before turning his attention solely to artwork, and is now highly regarded in his field for the quality and accuracy of his work. He became the youngest elected member of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1991. Mark is a valued Osprey artist and has contributed to more than 100 of its books. 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. 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. 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. Amongst its pilots were the leading American aces of all time. This book details these pilots, the planes they flew and the campaigns and battles they fought. 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 ...
