Lucky 666 the impossible mission

Drury, Bob, author.

Large Print 2017

It is 1942, the Japanese war machine has rolled up nearly all of the Pacific Theater, and American forces are clinging to what little unconquered territory remains. While US Marines claw their way across Guadalcanal, small contingents of US Army Airmen make their way to the lonely, embattled Allied airbase on Papua New Guinea. Their mission: to defend Australia from invasion, harass Japanese supply lines, fly perilous bombing missions over enemy-...

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B-17 bomber

Bomber pilots United States Biography

United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 22nd Biography

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area

World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States

Zeamer, Jay, Jr., 1918-2007

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ISBN:

9781410495655

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

565 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Wanderlust
The wild blue yonder
Jay & Joe
"The sacred duty of the leading race"
The fortress
The winds of war
The Japanese Citadel
Into the fight
Breaking the code
The renegade pilot
The Bulldog
A microscopic metropolis
Ken's men
A place where trouble started
"Clear as a bell"
The missing General
Pushing North
A fine reunion
"A motley collection of outcasts"
Blood on the Bismarck Sea
The flight of the geishas
Old 666
The outlaws
No position is safe
New additions
"Hell, no!"
Buka
"Give 'em hell!"
The desperate dive
Get it home
"He's all right"
Dobodura

LCCN:

2016043419

Control Number:

2221583

Other Authors:

Clavin, Tom, 1954- author

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