Description

Little has been published in English on the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF), let alone its most successful fighter pilots no less than 150 of them achieved ace status during eight years of near-constant war. They are all listed in this volume.

From the arid plains of the Mongolian border region to the lush jungles of New Guinea, the JAAF was more than a match for the many opponents it fought against for control of the skies. Indeed, even when the mighty Allied war machine proved almost overwhelming from early 1944 onwards, the elite fighter pilots of the various sentais within the JAAF fought on with near-fanatical loyalty in defence of the Home Islands.

Table of Contents

The China and Nomonhan Incidents
China-Burma-India Theatre
New Guinea
Home Defence
Appendices

Product details

Published 20 Oct 2012
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 100
ISBN 9781782005735
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Henry Sakaida

A third generation Japanese American (Sansei), Hen…

Illustrator

Grant Race

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