Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces of the Pacific and CBI (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 26)

By John Stanaway

Although far better known for their exploits over the war torn skies of Germany and Italy, the USAAF's premier fighters, the P-47 and P-51, also made significant contributions to the victory against Japan from 1943 onwards. This book relates the appearance of the Allison-engined A-36As and P-51As over Rangoon from India in November 1943, the 1st Air Commando Group in China, P-47s over the jungles of New Guinea in 1943, escorting B-29s on long-range bombing sorties against the Home Islands in 1944-45 and elsewhere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855327805
• ISBN13: 9781855327801
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Great book about unknown aces

This is a great book about unknown P-51 aces of the CBI. The only reason why I don't give it 5 star is that they had some color plates of P-51s that were flown by people who did not achieve acedom in the CBI and other theaters of war.

The Bronco and the Thunder

When you think of the Pacific theatre, you think of lots of water, Navy and Marine planes, ships and bad hand-to-hand fighting on the islands. But there were also ETO planes that fought in the Pacific. The Thunderbolt make it's existence known against the Japanese in 1943 (the P-51 was soon to follow). The Thunderbolt was not liked too much by it's pilots, who formerly flew the P-38 Lightning. The `Jug' lacked efficient range...

Great Book About Fighters Not Usually with the Pacific War

Once again Osprey Books delivers in their series of books on Fighter Aces and the planes that they flew. This book covers a much overlooked area of aviation history dealing with P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs in the CBI and the Pacific Theaters. The First hand accounts from the pilots in the book are also excellent. This book gives these gentlemen their due. It is a great book and I recommend it highly. I look forward...