Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI
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The P-38 Lockheed Lightning was produced in response to the requirement for a long range, high speed and high altitude fighter to escort the USAAF's expanding B-17 bomber fleet. Powered by supercharged Allison engines, the type went into action both in Europe and the Pacific. This volume deals with the aces of the latter theatre of war who used the P-38 to accrue some of the highest scores achieved by any Allied fighter pilots in World War II. Pilots like Dick Bong (40 kills) and Tom McGuire (38 kills) led the kill listings for over 50 pilots who made aces whilst serving with the Fifth and Thirteenth Air Forces.
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Product details
- Paperback | 96 pages
- 185 x 250 x 7.62mm | 307g
- 01 May 1997
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Osprey Publishing
- New York, United Kingdom
- English
- 100 b&w and 40 colour illustrations
- 1855326337
- 9781855326330
- 1,064,632
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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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About John Stanaway
John Stanaway has written two best-selling volumes in the Aces series both covering the exploits of the greatest Pacific fighter of them all, the P-38 Lightning. He is also an official historian of the National P-38 Pilots' Association.
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