WAR in PACIFIC SKIES – Featuring the Aviation Art of Jack Fellows ** LIKE NEW **














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Characteristics
Book cover finish | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
Special features | Dust jacket |
Condition | LIKE NEW |
Number of pages | 191 |
Published date | 2003 |
Language | English |
Size | 31.12 x 27.94 x 2.54 cm |
Author | Charli and Ann Cooper |
Editor | Zenith Press |
Description
War in Pacific Skies, featuring the aviation art of Jack Fellows, fuses art and history in accurate detail, complete with personal insights from WWII combatants. Covering the most famous air engagements of the Pacific Theater, never-before-published photographs, artwork, and personal accounts bring to life the air battles at Pearl Harbor, the Coral Sea, Midway, Guam, Tinian, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and more.
Climb into the cockpit of America's famous Pacific warbirds, including:
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, flown by the USAAF's top aces, Richard Bong with 40 victories and Thomas McGuire with 38
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, piloted by Harry Brown, which provided America's first airborne response at Pearl Harbor
The TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bomber, the aircraft flown by future U.S. President, Ensign George H. W. Bush
About the authors:
Charlie and Ann Cooper have varied backgrounds in aviation, business, writing, and the military. Their first joint publication was Tuskegee's Heroes, featuring the aviation art of Roy La Grone. Ann is a certificated flight instructor and accomplished author with five other books and over 700 magazine articles to her credit. Charlie, a retired Air National Guard Major General, is an Air Force Master Navigator. His simultaneous business career in the telecommunications industry spanned 32 years. This book is his third published work.
Jack Fellows is a widely recognized expert on World War II's critical aerial events and an advocate for many of the war's lesser-known stories. Fellows' paintings illustrate the stark contrast between the Pacific air war and the historically tranquil and peaceful Pacific Ocean environment. His artwork is based principally on extensive research by Bob Rocker and voluminous personal correspondence and interviews with the pilots and crew members who were there.
Source: Publisher's summary printed on cover