Pacific Air: How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered a Vast Ocean's Wartime Skies

by David Sears

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In a grand sweeping narrative, Pacific Air tells the inspiring story of how, despite initial disastrous defeats, a generation of young naval aviators challenged and ultimately vanquished a superior Japanese air force and fleet in the Pacific. The instruments of the United States aviators' triumphs were the elegantly designed F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, as well as the lethal TBF Avenger torpedo bomber. With superbly trained U.S. Navy and Marine...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0306820781

ISBN13:9780306820786

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:Da Capo Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Aviation History Military Naval World War II

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