Target Hong Kong: A True Story of U.S. Navy Pilots at War

by Steven K. Bailey

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong.

Commander John Lamade started the war in 1941 a nervous pilot of an antiquated biplane. Just over three years later he was in the cockpit of a cutting-edge Hellcat about to lead a strike force of 80 aircraft through the turbulent skies above the South China Sea. His target: Hong...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472860101
• ISBN13: 9781472860101
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"