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Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937-1945

By Henry Sakaida , Grant Race

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1997
ISBN
9781855325296, 1855325292
Open Library ID
OL8992933M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31975931 bytes)
Series
Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 13
Pages
89\89
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

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, and 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. Aircraft of the Aces 13 and 22 are also available in a single volume as ‘Aces of the Rising Sun 1937-1945’.

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