Kearby's Thunderbolts: The 348th Fighter Group in World War II

by John Stanaway

Book Overview

The 348th Fighter Group was the most successful P-47 Thunderbolt unit in the Pacific. Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Neel Kearby took an aircraft that was generally despised in the southwest Pacific and made it into the terror of the skies over such formidable targets as Wewak on New Guinea, and Cape Gloucester on New Britain. Besides the redoubtable Kearby, the 348th aces included William "Dinghy" Dunham, Bob Rowland, Bill Banks, John Moore, Sam...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 096258603X
• ISBN13: 9780962586033
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.