Description

This book details the colourful experiences of the elite pilots of the AAF's Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces in the 'forgotten' China-Burma-India theatre during WW2.

Inheriting the legacy of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), units such as the 23rd FG 'held the line' against overwhelming Japanese forces until the arrival of the first P-38s and P-51s in 1944. The Warhawk became synonymous with the efforts of the AAF in the CBI, being used by some 40 aces to claim five or more kills between 1942-45.

This volume is the first of four covering the exploits with the P-40 during World War 2.

Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE
CHINA AIR TASK FORCE

CHAPTER TWO
JUNGLE FIGHTERS

CHAPTER THREE
CHINA BUILD-UP

CHAPTER FOUR
THE LONG WITHDRAWAL

Appendices
COLOUR PLATES COMMENTARY
INDEX

Product details

Published Oct 20 2012
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781782005827
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 93 b/w; 40 col
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 35
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Carl Molesworth

Carl Molesworth is a former newspaper and magazine…

Illustrator

Jim Laurier

Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives i…

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