TIME OF THE ACES
Marine Pilots in the Solomons
Commander Peter B. Mersky, USNR
NEW COPY. Paper covers, staple-bound. MARINES IN WWII COMMEMORATIVE SERIES.
(Washington, DC: Marine Corps Historical Center, 1993).
Maps, illustrations, photographs, 41 pages.
Contents: Guadalcanal: the beginning of the long road back; Cub One at Guadalcanal; the aircraft in the conflict; a new crew at Cactus; Marine Corps Aviators who received the Medal of Honor; Brig. Gen. Roy S. Geiger; the battle for Guadalcanal; post-Guadalcanal operations, Feb.-Dec. 1943; the Marine Corsair Aces of Bougainville & the Central Pacific, 1943-44; the first Corsair Ace; comparative table for main types of fighters; the one & only Pappy Boyington; Japanese pilots in the Solomons air war; researching the Aces scores.
$20.00
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