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Kearby's Thunderbolts
John Stanaway
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Description for Kearby's Thunderbolts
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 350+ b/w photos, 12 color profiles. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1364.
The 348th Fighter Group was the most successful P-47 Thunderbolt unit in the Pacific. Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Neel Kearby took an aircraft that was generally despised in the southwest Pacific and made it into the terror of the skies over such formidable targets as Wewak on New Guinea, and Cape Gloucester on New Britain. Besides the redoubtable Kearby, the 348th aces included William "Dinghy" Dunham, Bob Rowland, Bill Banks, John Moore, Sam Blair, and George Davis, the Texas ace who would later receive the Medal of Honor in Korea. Ending the war in P-51 Mustangs, the 348th ranged ... Read more
The 348th Fighter Group was the most successful P-47 Thunderbolt unit in the Pacific. Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Neel Kearby took an aircraft that was generally despised in the southwest Pacific and made it into the terror of the skies over such formidable targets as Wewak on New Guinea, and Cape Gloucester on New Britain. Besides the redoubtable Kearby, the 348th aces included William "Dinghy" Dunham, Bob Rowland, Bill Banks, John Moore, Sam Blair, and George Davis, the Texas ace who would later receive the Medal of Honor in Korea. Ending the war in P-51 Mustangs, the 348th ranged ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764302480
SKU
V9780764302480
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