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37 WWII AVIATION: FIGHTER COMMANDS & GROUPS, AIR COMMANDOS & TRANSPORT GROUPS • US NAVY, US MARINE CORPS The Long Campaign: The History of the 15th Fighter Group in WWII John W. Lam- bert. The 15th Fighter Group was activated in December 1940 and fought on the first day of the war and was still in combat on the last day, flying seven- to eight-hour missions from Iwo Jima to Honshu. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 bw photos/maps • 192pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2428-4 • hard • $49.95 Protect & Avenge: The 49th Fighter Group in WWII Ferguson & Pascalis. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Victory in WWII comes Protect & Avenge. The text is highlighted by more than 600 bw photos, six compaign maps, and twenty-four color profiles of select P-40s, P-57s, and P-38s. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 photos • 360pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-750-5 • hard • $49.95 Beware the Thunderbolt! The 56th Fighter Group in WWII David R. McLaren, foreword by Hub Zemke. The story of the 56th Fighter Group in a chronological narrative of their combat missions. The “Wolfpack’s” P-47 contrails crossed high in the upper stratosphere as they escorted heavy bomber missions, or fell upon the enemy on the ground as their pilots destroyed over 1,000 Luftwaffe aircraft. Size: 8.5"x11" • 250 color/bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-660-7 • hard • $39.95 The 79th Fighter Group over Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy in WWII Don Woerpel. This book provides an inside look at battles generally not well known. The 79th spent much of its tour with the RAF’s Desert Air Force in Tunisia, Sicily, and also took part in the battle for Rome and the invasion of southern France. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 color/bw photos • 264pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1322-6 • hard • $45.00 Kearby’s Thunderbolts: The 348th Fighter Group in WWII John C. Stanaway. The 348th Fighter Group was the most successful P-47 Thunderbolt unit in the Pacific. Medal of Honor recipient Neel Kearby took an aircraft that was generally despised in the southwest Pacific and made it into the terror of the skies over such formidable targets as Wewak on New Guinea, and Cape Gloucester on New Britain. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0248-0 • hard • $45.00 The 350th Fighter Group in the Mediter- ranean Campaign, 2 November 1942 to 2 May 1945 This facsimile reprint of the actual 350th Fighter Group war book appears here in a new quality edition. The 350th Fighter Group flew against the Luftwaffe during the Moroccan, Tunisian, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns in P-39s and P-47s. Size: 9"x12" • 90 bw photos • 80pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-0220-6 • soft • $19.95 The Pioneer Mustang Group: The 354th Fighter Group in WWII Steve Blake. As the first unit to fly the Merlin-engined P-51B in combat, the 354th FG adopted the nickname “Pioneer Mustang Group.” Until D-Day, it escorted 8th AF heavy bombers to targets on the European Continent. The group then moved to France and supported Patton’s Third Army from Normandy to Bavaria, and in the Battle of the Bulge. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 bw photos • 438pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2925-8 • hard • $69.95 Our Might Always: The 355th Fighter Group in World War II James WilliamMarshall. A day- by-day combat diary with over 800 rare images of the 355th including fifty color profiles of P-47s and P-51s. The book is extensively researched with respect to Luftwaffe units engaged, the data tables are extremely detailed and extensive for aircraft, pilots, victory credits, pilot rosters, losses, aces scores and unit awards. Size: 8.5"x11" • 887 color/bw images • 560pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4380-3 • hard • $79.99 The 356th Fighter Group in WWII in Action over Europe with the P-47 and P-51 Kent Miller. This 9th Air Force unit spent over two years in England, occupying the airfield at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. Originally flying P-47s and later switching to P-51s, the 356th dispatched its aircraft on 407 missions across the Channel. Size: 8.5"x11" • 450 color/bw photos • 336pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1768-2 • hard • $59.95 Yellowjackets! The 361st Fighter Group in WWII, P-51 Mustangs over Germany Paul B. Cora. More than a narrow unit history, Yellow- jackets! places the experiences of the Group’s personnel in perspective with the larger context of the war, and also presents the human side, speaking, at times, from the intensely personal standpoint of the pilots and personnel. Size: 8.5"x11" • 130 color/bw photos • 152pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1466-7 • hard • $39.95 The 363rd Fighter Group in WWII in Action over Germany with the P-51 Mustang Kent Miller. This history sheds light on the achievements of the 363rd for the period it flew escort and ground support missions over Europe. The day- to-day operations are interspersed with quotes from the group and squadron diaries. Size: 8.5"x11" • 220 color/bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1629-6 • hard • $49.95 365th Fighter Squadron in WWII: In Action over Europe with the P-47 Kent Miller. This book presents the 365th’s day-to-day operations and is interspersed with quotes from the group and squadron records, Missing Aircrew Reports, and the men themselves. In addition, an exhaustive appendix and nearly two hundred photos give readers a look into the combat activities of this long overlooked Army Air Force unit. Size: 8.5"x11" • 190 bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2427-6 • hard • $59.95 The 370th Fighter Group in WWII: In Action over Europe with the P-38 and P-51 Jay Jones. The 370th was organized in 1943 to fly the P-47. When the group arrived in England in early 1944, they were assigned to the 9th Air Force and converted to fly P-38s. They were involved in every major Allied offensive from D-Day onward. Size: 8.5"x11" • 700 color/bw photos • 448pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1779-2 • hard • $59.95 The 406th Fighter Group: P-47s over Europe in World War II Steven A. Brandt, PhD. This is a profusely illustrated history of the 406th Fight- er Group in World War II, a P-47 Thunderbolt unit that fought against Germany in the Europe- an theater. Size 9"x9" • 260 color and b/w photos • 112 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6652-9 • hard • $19.99 P/$28.99 CAD The 421st Night Fighter Squadron in WWII Jeff Kolln. As one of seventeen night fighter squadrons established during the course of WWII, the 421st NFS carried the war into the night skies over the battlefields of the SW Pacific when most other fighter squadrons remained on the ground. Size: 8.5"x11" • 370 color/bw photos • 200pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1306-1 • hard • $45.00 The Forgotten Squadron: The 449th Fighter Squadron in WWII - Flying P-38s with the Flying Tigers, 14th AF Daniel Jackson. The only P-38 fighter squadron with the Flying Tigers in China, the 449th received little press or praise during or after the war. Having spread its wings from Taiwan, China to the Salween Front, the 449th is the perfect case study to investigate Chennault’s air war over China in WWII. Size: 8.5"x11" • 220 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3537-2 • hard • $59.99 Possum, Clover & Hades: The 475th Fight- er Group in WWII John Stanaway. The epic story of one of the highest scoring US Army Air Force fighter units in the southwest Pacific. Aces included McGuire, Loisel, MacDonald, Roberts, and Bong. Size: 8.5"x11" • 700 color/bw photos • 336pp. ISBN: 0-88740-518-5 • hard • $45.00 The 479th Fighter Group in WWII in Action over Europe with the P-38 and P-51 Terry A. Fairfield. Based upon a summation of the group’s historical records, this book contains personal anecdotes provided by many of the group’s former members as well as over 650 photos. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 color/bw photos • 504pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2056-4 • hard • $69.95 AIR COMMANDOS & TRANSPORT GROUPS Any Place, Any Time, Any Where: The 1st Air Commandos in WWII R.D. van Wagner. Unorthodox and eclectic, the 1st Air Commandos are amodel for conventional and special operations today, and included an air arsenal whichwas totally unique in its composition and application, combining the firepower of P-51As and B-25H bombers with the logistical tentacles of C-47 transports, CG-4A gliders, L-5 and L-1 light planes, and UC-64 bush planes to reach far behind Japanese lines. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0447-X • hard • $39.95 Gooney Birds and Ferry Tales: The 27th Air Transport Group in WWII Jon A. Maguire. The 27th Air Transport Group, part of the 302nd Transport Wing, supported the 8th and 9th Air Forces in WWII with ferry and transport services. Though their role was extremely vital to the success of the air and ground wars in Europe, their story has remained largely untold. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 color/bw photos • 352pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0592-1 • hard • $59.95 US NAVY AboveanAngrySea,2ndEdition:MenandMissions of theUnited States Navy’s PB4Y-1 Liberator and PB4Y-2PrivateerSquadronsPacificTheater:October 1944–September1945 AlanC.Carey.This revisedsecond edition examines United States Navy patrol and bombing squadrons equippedwith theConsolidatedB-24 Liberator (PB4Y-1) and its successor, theConsolidated-VulteePB4Y-2 Privateer. The author examines in dramatic detail the use of the B-24 and PB4Y-2 during the last eleven months of the war against Japan. Size: 8.5"x11" • 331 color/bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5368-0 • soft • $29.99