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Pacific air: how fearless flyboys, peerless aircraft, and fast flattops conquered a vast ocean's wartime skies

By David , Sears

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780306819797, 0306819791
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5064426 bytes)
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed
Pages
(372 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) : illus
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Offers an account of the U.S. airmen's roles in the air battles that took place over the Pacific Ocean during World War II.;State of war. The embattled farmers ; My God! What's happened? -- Hard pressed. Prototypes ; Terminal velocity ; Samurai ; Low blower -- A precarious honor. Sans celebration ; Jimmie and Butch ; There is only one mistake ; Scratch two flattops ; A bag of gold through a lonely forest ; Return buster -- Blue skies, green hell. Get down to work ; It isn't good ; These have got us ; Attack! Repeat, attack! -- The hop supreme. You look good out there, honey ; Butch may be down ; They will be knocked down ; Missions beyond darkness -- Appendix. U.S. Navy pilots and crews.

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