The story of the highest-scoring P-38 aces of the war, who had claimed approximately half of their total victories by the end of 1943 flying Lightning models ranging from the F-1 through to the H-5.
This volume traces the careers of many previously unknown aces within the USAAF in Europe, and helps redress the balance of 'glory' for the fighter victories in this theatre towards the P-38 pilots.
From the first encounters at the end of 1942 until the Lightning scored the final Fifth Air force victories in August 1945, this book tells the story of the pilots who made the Pacific skies very much their own battleground.
The story of around a dozen AAF aces who scored five kills with the P-39, despite the plane's unsuccessful beginnings.
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.
An illustrated account of some of the best available fighter pilots, the planes they flew and the campaigns and battles they fought in including such famous names as Dobodura, the Huon Gulf and Oro Bay.