Pacific Air : How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War with Japan

Name: Pacific Air
Brand: Hachette Books
SKU: 9780306820786
Price: 4150 KES
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ISBN: 9780306820786

by David Sears

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0306820781

ISBN-13 9780306820786

Publisher Hachette Books

Imprint Da Capo Press Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 29th, 2012

Print length 408 Pages

Weight 424 grams

Dimensions 15.10 x 22.70 x 2.80 cms

Product Classification: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 Second World War Air forces and warfare Air forces & warfare History Second World War

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"[An] excellent volume on the Navy's air war in the Pacific during WWII...[Sears] has almost certainly created the best one volume study of the subject."--Booklist

In a grand sweeping narrative, Pacific Air tells the inspiring story of how, despite initial disastrous defeats, a generation of young naval aviators challenged and ultimately vanquished a superior Japanese air force and fleet in the Pacific. The instruments of the United States aviators'' triumphs were the elegantly designed F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, as well as the lethal TBF Avenger torpedo bomber. With superbly trained U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators at their controls, these planes became the most successful aerial weapons in naval history.

A majestic portrait of a proud era from dual perspectives--the inventive minds of young aeronautical engineers and the deadly artistry of even younger combat pilots -- Pacific Air brings this important yet underappreciated chapter of World War II vividly to life.

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