War in Pacific Skies

War in Pacific Skies
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Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781610601214
ISBN-13 : 1610601211
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Book Synopsis War in Pacific Skies by : Charlie Cooper

Download or read book War in Pacific Skies written by Charlie Cooper and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2010-11-06 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paintings by the renowned aviation artist plus “lots of wartime photographs and plenty of entertaining and informative text. . . . absorbing reading” (Aviation History). Climb in to the cockpit of some of America’s most heralded warbirds, like the P-38 that carried Richard Bong to his forty kills, and fly along with Paul Tibitts in the Enola Gay as it makes its final approach on Hiroshima. This lavishly illustrated book covers the most famous air engagements in World War II’s Pacific Theater of Operation in an exquisite and beautiful fusion of art and history. Paintings by acclaimed aviation artist Jack Fellows are supplemented by color maps, previously unpublished photographs, original artwork, and personal accounts.


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