War in Pacific Skies
Author | : Charlie Cooper |
Publisher | : Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2010-11-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781610601214 |
ISBN-13 | : 1610601211 |
Rating | : 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
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 Paintings by acclaimed aviation artist Jack Fellows are supplemented by color maps, previously unpublished photographs, original artwork, and personal accounts.