Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944
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Pacific Adversaries: Japanese Army Air Force vs The Allies: Volume 1 - New Guinea 1942-1944
This volume conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate accounting. Often the actual outcomes are very different to the exaggerated claims made by both sides upon which many traditional histories have relied to date. Further, for each of the chosen stories photographic or other evidence enables an accurate depiction of the aircraft involved.
Through these chosen snapshots Pacific Adversaries portrays the South Pacific conflict as accurately as possible. This first volume describes confrontations between the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) and the Allies in New Guinea and the Solomons.
JAAF units first arrived in the South Pacific in December 1942 and effectively ceased operations in mainland New Guinea in April 1944. Theirs is a rich and colorful history about which many myths persist. Perhaps the biggest is that their Allied counterparts thought they were mainly fighting “Zerosâ€, a falsehood still published and accepted to this day.
In New Guinea the Allies ratcheted up a grueling, coordinated and unrelenting campaign, destroying most JAAF air power on the ground, not in the air. Their assault against Wewak’s key bases involved an interwoven and complex strategy which eventually overpowered the Japanese.
Never before have detailed accounts matched up adversaries so closely and in doing so shine light on key events in Pacific skies so many years ago.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Glossary
Japanese Aircraft Types
Chapter 1                                            The Lucky Shot Chapter 2                                            Collision Over Lae Chapter 3                                            The Battle Which Never Was Chapter 4                                            Takehashi Meets Deblanc Chapter 5                                            Kamikaze or Miscalculation? Chapter 6                                            A Long Legacy Chapter 7                                            The Nama-Namba Man Chapter 8                                            Sole Survivor – Bombura’s Tale Chapter 9                                            Medal of Honor Chapter 10                                         Fire-Breathing Dragon-Slayer Chapter 11                                         Sally in the Mountains Chapter 12                                         The Rare Sonia Chapter 13                                         Mitchell Destroyed Chapter 14                                         Two Boomers Down Chapter 15                                         Ten Knights in a Bar Room Chapter 16                                         The Last Dragon
