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P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific (Aircraft of the Aces #55)

P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific (Aircraft of the Aces #55)

Current price: $25.00
Publication Date: June 20th, 2003
Publisher:
Osprey Publishing
ISBN:
9781841765365
Pages:
96

Description

The first USAAF fighters to engage the Japanese in World War 2, a handful of P-40s rose to defend Pearl Harbor from attack on the morning of 7 December 1941. Warhawk units were also heavily involved in the ill-fated fight to stem invading Japanese forces in the Philippines and Java between December 1941 and April 1942 and again in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands between January 1943 and March 1944. This book examines The Warhawk's wartime exploits and all of its aces including 'aces-in-a-day' Mel Wheadon and Joe Lesika.

About the Author

Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974–78, and since graduating with Honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon.

Praise for P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific (Aircraft of the Aces #55)

“This is yet another excellent offering from Osprey. Fans of the P-40 and PTO air operations need to add this work to their libraries. Recommended.” —Fred Rick Boucher, AeroScale (May 2007)