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475th Fighter Group

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Aviation Elite Units - World War II - Allies & Independents

Last Stocked on 12/5/2019

Product Info

Title
475th Fighter Group
Publisher
Category
Author
John Stanaway
Publish Year
2007
Pages
128
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.33"
NKG Part #
2147394131
MFG. Part #
OSPAEU023
Type
Softcover
Series
AEU23

Description

Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific, the 475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief, General George C Kenney. From the time the group entered combat in August 1943 until the end of the war it was the fastest scoring group in the Pacific and remained one of the crack fighter units in the entire US Army Air Forces with a final total of some 550 credited aerial victories. Amongst its pilots were the leading American aces of all time, Dick Bong and Tom McGuire, with high-scoring pilots Danny Roberts and John Loisel also serving with the 475th. This book details these pilots, the planes they flew and the campaigns and battles they fought in including such famous names as Dobodura, the Huon Gulf, Oro Bay, Rabaul, Hollandia, the Philippines and Luzon.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Birth of a ‘Supergroup’
Chapter 2: Wewak and Rabaul
Chapter 3: The End in New Guinea
Chapter 4: Mixed Fortunes Over the Philippines
Chapter 5: The End of the War
Appendices: Groups and Squadrons, with commanders; Aerial Victories List; Combat Losses