Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash with the Superbattleship Musashi

by Gregory G. Fletcher

Book Overview

On the morning of October 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea amidst the Philippine Islands, VT-18, a close-knit squadron of six young American torpedo bomber pilots, departed the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid on a search and destroy mission. Their target: the super-battleship Musashi , the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship and the huge naval armada of which she was a part from inflicting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451236963
• ISBN13: 9780451236968
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher