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Title: P-39/P-400 Airacobra vs A6M2/3 Zero-sen
Condition: New
EAN: 9781472823663
ISBN: 9781472823663
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 07/26/2018
Item Height: 248mm
Item Length: 184mm
Item Weight: 262g
Author: Michael John Claringbould
Illustrator: Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector
Contributor: Jim Laurier (Illustrated by), Gareth Hector (Illustrated by)
Language: English
Subtitle: New Guinea 1942
ISBN-10: 1472823664
Description: After the huge advances made in the early months of the Pacific war, it was in remote New Guinea where the advance of Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) A6M Zero-sen fighters was first halted due to a series of offensive and defensive aerial battles ranging from treetop height up to 30,000 ft. Initially, the IJNAF fought Australian Kittyhawks, but by May 1942 they had fought themselves into oblivion, and were relieved by USAAF P-39 and P-400 Airacobras. The battles unfolded over mountainous terrain with treacherous tropical weather. Neither IJNAF or USAAF pilots had been trained for such extreme conditions, incurring many additional losses aside from those that fell in combat. Using specially commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs and testimony, this fascinating study explains how, despite their initial deficit in experience and equipment, the Airacobras managed to square the ledger and defend New Guinea.
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Series: Duel
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History, Military History
Release Year: 2018

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