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Pacific Sweep; The 5th and 13th Fighter Commands in World War II
by Hess, William N
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385075790
- ISBN 13
- 9780385075794
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. x, 278 pages. Illustrations. Diagrams. Appendix. Index. DJ is price-clipped and worn and soiled with small tears and chips. Some edge soiling. William N Hess is the official historian for the American Fighter Aces Association, and is one of the most highly respected aviation writers of his generation. A B-17 crewman during World War 2, Hess has written over 40 books during his long and distinguished career. From the point of view of the American fighters in the pacific. this book tells the historical and factual truth about the war. During World War II the V Fighter Command initially controlled fighter units in the Northwestern United States. In 1942, V Fighter Command became the primary command and control organization for Fifth Air Force, fighter units operating primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater. Its assigned units participated in aerial combat in the Fifth Air Force Area of Responsibility (AOR) flying cover missions for convoys, patrols, escorted bombers, attacked enemy airfields, and supported ground forces. Afterward, served with the occupation force in Japan before being inactivated in 1946. Thirteenth Air Force has never been stationed in the continental United States; it is also one of the oldest, continuously active, numbered air forces. It engaged in combat in the Pacific Theater during World War II. During World War II, 13th AF consisted of two major commands, XIII Fighter Command and XIII Bomber Command.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78100
- Title
- Pacific Sweep; The 5th and 13th Fighter Commands in World War II
- Author
- Hess, William N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [stated], presumed first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385075790
- ISBN 13
- 9780385075794
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- WWII, Pacific Theater, 5th Fighter Command, 13th Fighter Command, Philippines, New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Papua, Bougainville, Richard Bong, Thomas McGuire, Robert DeHaven, W. K. Giroux, William Dunham, Aerial Combat Tactics
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