Carl Molesworth

23rd Fighter Group (eBook, ePUB)

Chennault's Sharks
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating and action-packed look at the highest scoring unit within the CBI theatre telling the story of the colourful characters who fought a difficult guerrilla war against the Japanese.

Famous for the fearsome sharksmouths that adorned their planes, the 23rd FG fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese, steadily moving pilots and aircraft from one remote air base in China to another to keep the enemy off balance. Because China could only be supplied by air from India, there were constant shortages of aircraft, fuel and ammunition with which to contend.

The 23rd FG met these challenges head-on, and by the end of the war its pilots had compiled a score of 594 aerial victories and nearly 400 ground kills. The human cost was high, however - 126 pilots lost their lives in China while serving in the 23rd.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472800534
• Artikelnr.: 40469308

Autorenporträt

Carl Molesworth is a former newspaper and magazine editor now working as a freelance writer and editor. A graduate of the University of Maryland with a BA in English, Molesworth served as an enlisted man in the USAF from 1968 to 1972 before becoming an award-winning journalist for 35 years and then transitioning to full-time book writing. He has been researching and writing about fighter operations in World War II for nearly 30 years. His 14 previous titles include three books in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series, three in the Aviation Elite Units series and two in the Duel series. He is best known for his writing about the China-Burma-India theatre and the Curtiss P-40 fighter. He lives in Washington, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER ONE AVG PASSES THE BATON CHAPTER TWO CHINA AIR TASK FORCE CHAPTER
THREE ACTION IN THE EAST CHAPTER FOUR MUSTANGS JOIN THE BATTLE CHAPTER FIVE
BATTLING ICHI-GO CHAPTER SIX LONG HAUL TO VICTORY Appendices Colour plates
commentary Bibliography Index