P-47d Thunderbolt Vs Ki-43-II Oscar: New Guinea 1943-44

by Michael John Claringbould

An extensively researched and accurate examination of the eight-month confrontation between two key World War II fighter planes in New Guinea. Although New Guinea's Thunderbolt pilots faced several different types of enemy aircraft in capricious tropical conditions, by far their most common adversary was the Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa, codenamed "Oscar" by the Allies. These two opposing fighters were the products of two radically different design...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472840917
• ISBN13: 9781472840912
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.6"