Aces of the Rising Sun 1937-1945 (General Aviation)
by:
Henry Sakaida (author)
Grant Race (author)
Very little has been published in English on the air arms of the Japanese Army and Navy, and the pilots who flew for them. Yet between 1937 and 1945, 150 JAAF and 21 Imperial Japanese Navy pilots achieved 'ace' status in eight years of near-constant warfare. This book relates the experiences of...
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Very little has been published in English on the air arms of the Japanese Army and Navy, and the pilots who flew for them. Yet between 1937 and 1945, 150 JAAF and 21 Imperial Japanese Navy pilots achieved 'ace' status in eight years of near-constant warfare. This book relates the experiences of both air forces, revealing how the JAAF aces achieved their scores flying over terrain ranging from the Mongolian plains to the jungles of New Guinea, and how the IJN pilots drew on their experience of fighting over Manchuria, China and Mongolia to take on Allied forces in the Pacific
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781841766188 (1841766186)
ASIN: 1841766186
Publish date: August 19th 2002
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
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