The P-38 was used on virtually every front to which the USAAF were committed, but enjoyed its greatest successes in the Pacific and China-Burma-India (CBI) theatres. The speed, range and firepower of the P-38 made it the favourite of nearly all aircrew fighting in the Solomons, New Guinea and the Philippines, and over 1800 Japanese aircraft fell to its guns. From the first encounters at the end of 1942 until the Lightning scored the final Fifth Air force victories in August 1945, these pilots made the Pacific skies very much their own battleground.
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"This book is essential for anyone interested in one of the most famous aircraft of WWII, and certainly the Pacific air war. And, the stories of the pilots who flew it in combat, and the more than a hundred pilots who became aces in its cockpit." -www.pacificwrecks.com
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Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series combines full colour artwork, the best archival contemporary photography, and first hand accounts from aces to bring history's greatest airborne conflicts to life.
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Great research book by one of the masters.,
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This review is from: P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 14) (Paperback)
John Stanaway has long been one of the experts on the P-38 and other WWII aircraft. This volume along with No. 19 should be in every P-38 nut's library. Pictures and drawings are great. For more about P-38 in the Pacific and McGuire check out a new book: THE LAST GREAT ACE.
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This was a Christmas present for my father in law. He is 90 years old and was an engineer for Lockeed. He helped design the P-38,U2 and SR71. He was asigned as an engineer to some of the squadrons in the book. He loved the book has read it 3 times already. Knows many of the pilots in the book. It brought back many good memories.
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very interesting and informative book,
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Lots of photos and information. Perfect for P-38 and aircraft enthuseists. Exelent drawings of dozens of P-38,s. Lots of information on specific battles, and encounters with the Japanese air forces. Good info on Bong and McGuire, the top-scoring U.S. aces. I want to emphasize the exellent color drawings of aircraft in this book, which really adds to it.
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The first P-38 victories of the war were credited to pilots of the Eleventh Air Force in defence of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
serial unknown, ranking ace, ace status, fifth kill, fifth victory, confirmed victory, aerial victories, final kill, second kill, two kills, aerial victory, confirmed kill Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, Dick Bong, Port Moresby, Clark Field, Fifth Fighter Command, Fifth Air Force, Capt John, New Britain, Rex Barber, Tom Lynch, World War, Boxing Day, Christmas Day, Ken Ladd, Louis Schriber, Paul Stanch, Bob Schultz, Cape Gloucester, Hampton Boggs, Stanley Andrews, Thirteenth Air Force, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Col Charles, Ken Hart, Ken Sparks New!
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The first P-38 victories of the war were credited to pilots of the Eleventh Air Force in defence of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
serial unknown, ranking ace, ace status, fifth kill, fifth victory, confirmed victory, aerial victories, final kill, second kill, two kills, aerial victory, confirmed kill Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, Dick Bong, Port Moresby, Clark Field, Fifth Fighter Command, Fifth Air Force, Capt John, New Britain, Rex Barber, Tom Lynch, World War, Boxing Day, Christmas Day, Ken Ladd, Louis Schriber, Paul Stanch, Bob Schultz, Cape Gloucester, Hampton Boggs, Stanley Andrews, Thirteenth Air Force, Battle of the Bismarck Sea, Col Charles, Ken Hart, Ken Sparks New!
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- John Smith (Just in Time Biographies Series) by Melanie Zucker Stanley in Back Matter
- Fire In The Sky: The Air War In The South Pacific by Eric M Bergerud in Back Matter
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