345th Bomb Group
Warpath Across the Pacific
The Illustrated History of the 345th Bombardment Group During World War II
by Lawrence J. Hickey
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Format: Hardcover, 448 pages, over 700 photos, 32 page color section
ISBN: 9780913511084
Library of Congress Number: 2007943512
Publisher: International Historical Research Associates
Publication Year: Fifth Edition, 2008
Description
Five members of the 345th Bomb Group pose in front of the B-25 TIGER LILY.
This first volume of the acclaimed Eagles Over the Pacific series has become a classic, the standard by which combat aviation literature is judged, and it is in its 5th revised edition. Top aviation historians consider it to be the best book on an air combat units ever produced. Exhaustively researched both from archival sources and through interviews and correspondence with hundreds of unit veterans, Larry Hickey has created in Warpath Across the Pacific, a book that reads like an exciting adventure novel, but that is actually the most carefully researched and written history possible. The book follows the 345th Bomb Group, the famous Air Apaches, on its journey fighting with low-level B-25 strafers across the Southwest Pacific from New Guinea to the home islands of Japan. Many of these missions were flown at 50 to 100 feet above the targets and produced, from a rearward mounted camera below the rear fuselage, some of the most dramatic combat photos ever taken during aerial warfare. Warpath includes 448 pages of text, over 700 photos, detailed appendices of crews, casualties and every aircraft flown, and a magnificent 32-page color section that includes 48 B-25 aircraft profiles and five paintings by top aviation artist and IHRA Art Director Jack Fellows. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that locate every mission flown and aircraft lost. Warpath Across the Pacific remains a must-have for any aviation or military history enthusiast.
Reviews
- “…one of the most exhaustively researched, brilliantly illustrated and trenchantly told accounts we have ever read…Warpath Across the Pacific is as near to an epic as most of us will ever come. It is by far the best aviation history and one of the best aeronautical books we have read in years.” -Joseph Mizzahi in Airpower Magazine
- “Only once in many decades does a book of this quality and impact appear…I don’t see how Hickey did it for a sale price this low.” -Jeff Ethell in Warbirds Magazine
- “One of the best books ever covering the air war against the Japanese in the South Pacific…This one gets our highest recommendation.” -Zenith Aviation Books
- “…a bargain…Warpath stands as the finest aviation unit history ever compiled.” -American Fighter Aces Bulletin
- “…monumental…a feast…This large volume will surely find its way to anyone interested in World War Two aviation.” -Air Classics Magazine
- “…(translation from French) it is The American military book of the year!” -Air Fan Magazine (France)
- “…Well written and concise, the book tells both the official history, and anecdotal history of its pilots, crews and personnel. This history is assembled from both official records, and hundreds of veteran interviews over decades of research…” Read full review -www.pacificwrecks.com
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