| 49th Fighter Group: Aces of the Pacific Contributor(s): Hess, William N. (Author), Davey, Chris (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1841767859 ISBN-13: 9781841767857 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $24.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: The 49th FG was 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Aviation - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 940.544 |
| LCCN: 2007373064 |
| Series: Aviation Elite Units |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.24" W x 9.76" (0.88 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Oceania |