The Aces of Fighting 17: Vf-17's Top Guns in World War II

by Lee Cook

They were called the deadliest fighter squadron in action in the South Pacific; U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron Seventeen, famous with their Skull and Crossbones insignia, became one of the most successful squadrons of WWII. Flying the F4U Corsair, VF-17 shot down 152 Japanese aircraft in aerial combat in only 76 days. At the end of the war VF-17 had the top four Navy Corsair aces: Kepford, Hedrick, Blackburn, and Smith. After seventeen years of meticulous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764339478
• ISBN13: 9780764339479
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.1"