Pacific Skies
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Pacific Skies
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Author : Jerome Klinkowitz
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2009-09-18
Pacific Skies written by Jerome Klinkowitz and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-18 with History categories.
From 1941 to 1945 the skies over the Pacific Ocean afforded the broadest arena for battle and the fiercest action of air combat during World War II. It was in the air above the Pacific that America's involvement in the war began. It was in these skies that air power launched from carriers became a new form of engagement and where the war ultimately ended with kamikaze attacks and with atomic bombs dropped over Japan. Throughout the conflict American flyers felt a compelling call to supplement the official news and military reports. In vivid accounts written soon after combat and in reflective memoirs recorded in the years after peace came, both pilots and crew members detailed their stories of the action that occurred in the embattled skies. Their first-person testimonies describe a style of warfare invented at the moment of need and at a time when the outcome was anything but certain. Gathering more than a hundred personal narratives from Americans and from Japanese, Pacific Skies recounts a history of air combat in the Pacific theater. Included are the words of such famous aces and bomber pilots as Joe Foss, Pappy Boyington, Dick Bong, and Curtis Lemay, as well as the words of many rank-and-file airmen. Together their stories express fierce individualism and resourcefulness and convey the vast panorama of war that included the skies over Pearl Harbor, Wake, and Guadalcanal and missions from Saipan and Tinian. As Pacific Skies recounts the perilous lives of pilots in their own words, Jerome Klinkowitz weaves the individual stories into a gripping historical narrative that exposes the shades of truth and fiction that can become blurred over time. A book about experiencing and remembering, Pacific Skies also is a story of unique perspectives on the war.
War In Pacific Skies
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Author : Charlie Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Release Date : 2010-11-06
War In Pacific Skies written by Charlie Cooper and has been published by Quarto Publishing Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-06 with Transportation categories.
Paintings by the renowned aviation artist plus “lots of wartime photographs and plenty of entertaining and informative text. . . . absorbing reading” (Aviation History). Climb in to the cockpit of some of America’s most heralded warbirds, like the P-38 that carried Richard Bong to his forty kills, and fly along with Paul Tibitts in the Enola Gay as it makes its final approach on Hiroshima. This lavishly illustrated book covers the most famous air engagements in World War II’s Pacific Theater of Operation in an exquisite and beautiful fusion of art and history. Paintings by acclaimed aviation artist Jack Fellows are supplemented by color maps, previously unpublished photographs, original artwork, and personal accounts.
Winning The Pacific Skies
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Author : James Parton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Winning The Pacific Skies written by James Parton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
Winning The Pacific Skies
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Author : Haywood S. Hansell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Winning The Pacific Skies written by Haywood S. Hansell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Silver Wings In Pacific Skies Australia S First Trans Pacific Airline
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Author : Harry N. Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Silver Wings In Pacific Skies Australia S First Trans Pacific Airline written by Harry N. Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with categories.
Silver Wings In Pacific Skies
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Author : Harry McIntyre Moore
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 1993
Silver Wings In Pacific Skies written by Harry McIntyre Moore and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Airlines categories.
History of the British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines form its inauguration in 1948 to its liquidation in the 1960s. Includes chapter endnotes, select bibliography, an index and several appendices. The author's aviations articles have been published in Australian and overseas journals.
Securing The Pacific Skies
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Author : David A. Deptula
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Securing The Pacific Skies written by David A. Deptula and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Air power categories.
Japan requires a fifth-generation air superiority solution for its ‘Future Fighter’ in the near term that is affordable, does not involve undue technical risk, and is optimized for its own unique mission demands within the Asia-Pacific region—particularly when it comes to range. This report explores a potential path forward that would see Japan acquire a new fifth generation fighter that leverages the physical design of the F-22 Raptor, enhanced with a larger, range-extending wing. This larger aircraft would also be outfitted with the modern sensing and computing power of the F-35 to assure initial capabilities. Not only would this hybrid approach afford valuable performance attributes, but it would do so in a time and budget-conscious framework favorable to Japanese priorities. This F-2 replacement would also integrate seamlessly with existing allied F-35s and American F-22s. The future security environment is far from certain in the Pacific region. What is clear is the need to invest in forward-leaning capabilities. Fifth-generation air superiority aircraft stand at the top of this list.
Pacific Air
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Author : David Sears
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011-06-03
Pacific Air written by David Sears and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-03 with History categories.
The exhilarating epic story of the heroic fighter pilots whose fast - flying, hard - turning planes turned the tide in the Pacific theater during World War II....
Fire In The Sky
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Author : Eric M Bergerud
language : en
Publisher: Westview Press
Release Date : 2000
Fire In The Sky written by Eric M Bergerud and has been published by Westview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
A chronicle of the Pacific Air War in World War II draws on interviews with surviving veterans of all duties to paint a detailed look at the war in the sky.
P 38 Lightning Aces Of The Pacific And Cbi
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Author : John Stanaway
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 1997-04-15
P 38 Lightning Aces Of The Pacific And Cbi written by John Stanaway and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-15 with History categories.
The P-38 was used on virtually every front to which the USAAF were committed, but enjoyed its greatest successes in the Pacific and China-Burma-India (CBI) theatres. The speed, range and firepower of the P-38 made it the favourite of nearly all aircrew fighting in the Solomons, New Guinea and the Philippines, and over 1800 Japanese aircraft fell to its guns. From the first encounters at the end of 1942 until the Lightning scored the final Fifth Air force victories in August 1945, these pilots made the Pacific skies very much their own battleground.
