2019, ISBN: 9781476669977

Kartoniert, 320 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 19mm, Sprache(n): eng ¿ During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. … Mehr…

Kartoniert, 320 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 19mm, Sprache(n): eng ¿ During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II. Details are included from two expeditions conducted by the author that reveal the location of an American pilot missing in the Philippines since 1942 and clear up a controversial account involving famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai and U.S. Navy pilot James ""Pug"" Southerland.Ralph F. Wetterhahn is a former Air Force and Navy fighter pilot who served three tours during the Vietnam War. A real-life Indiana Jones, he now travels the globe as an aviation archaeologist in search of missing aircraft/crews and the stories they reveal. He lives in Long Beach, California and writes for Air & Space/Smithsonian. Versandkostenfreie Lieferung Military aviation<

ISBN: 9781476669977

 During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the… Mehr…

 During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II. Details are included from two expeditions conducted by the author that reveal the location of an American pilot missing in the Philippines since 1942 and clear up a controversial account involving famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai and U.S. Navy pilot James Pug Southerland. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Military History>WWII>WWII, McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers Core >1<

2019, ISBN: 147666997X

Kartoniert / Broschiert ca. 1938 bis ca. 1946 (Zeitraum des Zweiten Weltkriegs), Military aviation, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:McFarland and Company, Inc.]

2019, ISBN: 147666997X

[EAN: 9781476669977], Neubuch, [SC: 5.83], [PU: McFarland 2019-11-30, Jefferson, North Carolina], Language: ENG, Books

ISBN: 9781476669977

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