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5TH FIGHTER COMMAND IN WORLD WAR II VOL. 1 PEARL HARBOR TO THE REDUCTION OF RABAUL
Book Type: C,O, by William Wolf, This book is part of the Schiffer Limited releases. All sellers that purchase books from Schiffer must sign an agreement that they will not list these books below retail. Therefore it is listed at list price but for these books I'm offereing free media shipping within the US. Outside the US please wait for an invoice, I will invoice shipping cost less a $3.75 credit. Since end of WWII the major role played by the 5th Fighter Command in winning the war in the Pacific has been almost totally neglected. Wolf puts the air campaigns into strategic and tactical context, then breaks down every daily air battle into Fighter Groups and Squadrons using unit Narrative Combat Reports. Daily battles are then described by flights, elements, and individual pilots using over 9,000 newly released documents. Vol.1 describes the 5FC precursors in the Philippines, Java, and Australia and continues through Papua and New Guinea, and ends with the reduction of Rabaul in Nov.1943. 650+ color/bw images, 352 pages. |