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Eight Ballers: Eyes of the Fifth Air Force
Stanaway, John; Rocker, Bob
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Description for Eight Ballers: Eyes of the Fifth Air Force
Num Pages: 184 pages, over 510 b/w and color photos. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Beginning operations in April 1942 with a shoestring flight of four Lockheed F-4 Lightnings (the photo-recon version of the famed P-38), the 8th Photo Squadron gave the American Army Air Forces its only aerial reconnaissance coverage of the Southwest Pacific during the first part of the war. From the first days over New Guinea until the final sweeps over Japan the squadron struggled with the world's most treacherous weather and faulty equipment as well as a resolute Japanese enemy to write an astounding record of keeping the 5th Air Force pictorially informed. The 8th Photo Squadron participated in every campaign ... Read more
Beginning operations in April 1942 with a shoestring flight of four Lockheed F-4 Lightnings (the photo-recon version of the famed P-38), the 8th Photo Squadron gave the American Army Air Forces its only aerial reconnaissance coverage of the Southwest Pacific during the first part of the war. From the first days over New Guinea until the final sweeps over Japan the squadron struggled with the world's most treacherous weather and faulty equipment as well as a resolute Japanese enemy to write an astounding record of keeping the 5th Air Force pictorially informed. The 8th Photo Squadron participated in every campaign ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764309106
SKU
V9780764309106
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