Pacific Air Combat WWII: Voices From The Past (1993) By Henry Sakaida
 
The book is illustrated with over 140 photographs, many of them rare, along with a number of maps and diagrams.
 
PACIFIC AIR COMBAT WWII is a compilation of articles Sakaida did for Steve Blake's highly-regarded and sorely missed FIGHTER PILOTS IN AERIAL COMBAT magazine. The articles are utterly fascinating for anyone interested in the PTO air war. Among the inclusions are the true story of Lyndon Johnson's B-26 mission; an expose of the Zero pilot who claimed he downed Pappy Boyington; Japanese night bombers over Guadalcanal; the death of super ace Shoichi Sugita; the grisly story of a P-51 pilot who bailed out over Japan only to be killed by vengeful civilians; and so on.
 
Soft Cover
94 pages
In Fair to Good Condition