Air Apaches: The True Story of the 345th Bomb Group and Its Low, Fast, and Deadly Missions in World War II

by Jay A. Stout

Book Overview

The American 345th Bomb Group--the Air Apaches--was legendary in the war against Japan. The first fully trained and fully equipped group sent to the South Pacific, the 345th racked up a devastating score against the enemy. Armed to the teeth with machine guns and fragmentation bombs, and flying their B-25s at impossibly low altitudes--often below fifty feet--the pilots and air crews strafed and bombed enemy installations and shipping with a fury...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811738019
• ISBN13: 9780811738019
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"