49th Fighter Group

Aces of the Pacific

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49th Fighter Group

Aces of the Pacific

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Featuring photographs throughout, an illustrated history of the 49th FG, 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.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE
FORGING THE 49th

CHAPTER TWO
JUNGLE WARRIORS

CHAPTER THREE
DOBODURA DAYS

CHAPTER FOUR
LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERBOLTS

CHAPTER FIVE
ISLAND HOPPING

CHAPTER SIX
PHILIPPINES FINALE

APPENDICES
COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY
INDEX

Product details

Published 20 Aug 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 128
ISBN 9781841767857
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 119 b/w; 20 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Aviation Elite Units
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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William N Hess

William N Hess is the official historian for the A…

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Chris Davey

Chris Davey has illustrated more than 70 titles fo…

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