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Pineapple Air Force: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo
John W Lambert
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Description for Pineapple Air Force: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo
Hardcover. Num Pages: 214 pages, over 300 b/w and color photos, color aircraft profiles. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1368.
The old Hawaiian Air Force met the attack of the Japanese on 7 December 1941. Redesignated the Seventh Air Force, its bomber units moved on to combat in the Pacific almost immediately. The Seventh Fighter Command, however, has held back to defend Oahu against air attacks that never came. The pilots of the fighter units frustrated at their static role, said that they were left guarding the pineapples. From the cadre of the original Hawaiian units they spawned two new fighter groups. Eventually, those fighter squadrons, a close-knit fraternity, began to garrison outlying island bases, and eventually saw combat in ... Read more
The old Hawaiian Air Force met the attack of the Japanese on 7 December 1941. Redesignated the Seventh Air Force, its bomber units moved on to combat in the Pacific almost immediately. The Seventh Fighter Command, however, has held back to defend Oahu against air attacks that never came. The pilots of the fighter units frustrated at their static role, said that they were left guarding the pineapples. From the cadre of the original Hawaiian units they spawned two new fighter groups. Eventually, those fighter squadrons, a close-knit fraternity, began to garrison outlying island bases, and eventually saw combat in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764325335
SKU
V9780764325335
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