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Description
Volume 1 describes the 5th Fighter Command precursors in the Philippines, Java, and Australia, and continues through Papua and New Guinea, ending with the reduction of Rabaul in November 1943.
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | Dust jacket |
| Condition | Used good |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Published date | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Collection / Series | A SCHIFFER MILITARY HISTORY BOOK |
| Size | 21.84 x 27.94 x 4.06 cm |
| Author | William Wolf |
| Editor | Schiffer Publishing Ltd. |
Description
Since the 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, utilizing over 9,000 newly released documents. Volume 1 describes the 5th Fighter Command precursors in the Philippines, Java, and Australia, and continues through Papua and New Guinea, ending with the reduction of Rabaul in November 1943.
Source: Publisher's summary printed on cover
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