F4u Corsair Vs Ki-84 "Frank": Pacific Theater 1945

by Edward M. Young

Book Overview

The Vought Corsair was the first American single-engine fighter to exceed four hundred mph, establishing dominance over the Mitsubishi Type Zero-sen with a kill ratio greater than ten to one. The Ki-84 Hayate was introduced by the Japanese specifically to counter this growing American dominance of the skies over the Pacific. Built in greater numbers than any other late-war Japanese fighter, nearly three thousand were completed between 1944 and 1945...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472814606
• ISBN13: 9781472814609
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.7"