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Finish Forty and Home: The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific (Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series)
Phil Scearce
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Description for Finish Forty and Home: The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific (Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series)
Paperback. Series: Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the war. They faced determined Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft fire with no deviations from target, and thousands of miles of over-water flying with no alternative landing sites.
Finish Forty and Home, by Phil Scearce, is the true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war ... Read more
During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the war. They faced determined Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft fire with no deviations from target, and thousands of miles of over-water flying with no alternative landing sites.
Finish Forty and Home, by Phil Scearce, is the true story of the men and missions of the 11th Bombardment Group as it fought alone and unheralded in the South Central Pacific, while America had its eyes on the war ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
Series
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Series
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Denton, United States
ISBN
9781574415100
SKU
V9781574415100
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About Phil Scearce
Phil Scearceis a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and a 2009 graduate of the Middle Tennessee State University Writer's Loft Program. He is a member of the Tennessee Writer's Alliance. Colonel Jesse E. Staycommanded the 42nd Squadron in the Pacific.
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