Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38

Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38
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Publisher : ibooks
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9780743413183
ISBN-13 : 0743413180
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Download or read book Fork-Tailed Devil: The P-38 written by Martin Caidin and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2012-05-26 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's greatest military aviation historians relates the astonishing—and true—story of the only American warplane to fight in every operational theater in World War II from Pearl Harbor to Alaska and North Africa to Northern Europe. “One of the greatest tests of its capabilities took place in mid-April of 1943 when Allied intelligence discovered that Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was going to visit Kahili on the coast of Bougainville. A P-38 intercept was planned. Its time of arrival had to be absolutely perfect and after a complex 435 mile wave-top approach that avoided all Japanese observers the Lightnings were there. Eighteen P-38s were assigned to “get Yamamoto" and that is exactly what happened.” —From the introduction by David Ballantine


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