Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces of the Pacific and CBI
Author: John Stanaway
Illustrator: Tom Tullis
Publication Date: 1 May 1999
Number of Pages: 100
Although far better known for their exploits over the war-torn skies of Germany and Italy, the USAAF’s premier fighters, the P-47 and P-51, also made significant contributions to the victory against Japan from 1943 onwards. This book relates the appearance of the Allison-engined A-36As and P-51As over Rangoon from India in November 1943, the 1st Air Commando Group in China, P-47s over the jungles of New Guinea in 1943, escorting B-29s on long-range bombing sorties against the Home Islands in 1944-45 and elsewhere.
Biographical Note
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. Tom has illustrated a number of books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. He was the first artist to produce material for Osprey Aviation electronically. Tom’s most recent work can be found in Aces 26 and Combat Aircraft 16 and 20.
Contents:
- Introduction
- P-47 Comes to the Pacific
- P-51s Over Burma
- Fifth Air Force P-47s in 1944-45
- P-51’s Over the Philippines
- P-51s of the Fourteenth Air Force
- Central Pacific
- Appendices
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