49th Fighter Group

49th Fighter Group
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781472802040
ISBN-13 : 1472802047
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Book Synopsis 49th Fighter Group by : William N Hess

Download or read book 49th Fighter Group written by William N Hess and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 49th FG was sent to Australia in early 1942 to help stem the tide of Japanese conquest in Java. Too late to save the island, the group went into action in the defence of Darwin, Australia, where the Forty-Niners' handful of P-40E Warhawks were thrown into combat alongside survivors from the defeated forces that had fled from the Philippines and Java. This book assesses the outstanding performance of the 49th FG, pitted against superior Japanese forces. By VJ-Day the group had scored 668 aerial victories and won three Distinguished Unit Citations and ten campaign stars for its outstanding efforts.


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