P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI
Download or Read eBook P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI PDF written by John Stanaway and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1997-04-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : John Stanaway |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 1997-04-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1855326337 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781855326330 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI by : John Stanaway
Book excerpt: The P-38 was used on virtually every front to which the USAAF were committed, but enjoyed its greatest successes in the Pacific and China-Burma-India (CBI) theatres. The speed, range and firepower of the P-38 made it the favourite of nearly all aircrew fighting in the Solomons, New Guinea and the Philippines, and over 1800 Japanese aircraft fell to its guns. From the first encounters at the end of 1942 until the Lightning scored the final Fifth Air force victories in August 1945, these pilots made the Pacific skies very much their own battleground.
