Carl Molesworth

23rd Fighter Group (eBook, PDF)

Chennault's Sharks
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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: 9781846038846
• Artikelnr.: 44868245

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