Target Hong Kong: A true story of U.S. Navy pilots at war
Autor Steven K. Baileyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 ian 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472860101
ISBN-10: 1472860101
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 8-page plate section in black and white
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472860101
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 8-page plate section in black and white
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Steven K. Bailey has researched the American air war over Hong Kong during World War II for several years, discovering little known details in the archives, visiting key sites around Hong Kong over the course of over 30 visits and even unearthing aircraft crash sites of the individuals included in the book.
Notă biografică
Steven K. Bailey is an established author and tenured faculty member of Central Michigan University (CMU) with expertise in nonfiction writing, the history and culture of Hong Kong, the Second World War, and U.S. military aviation. He is uniquely qualified to write the definitive account of U.S. Navy airstrikes against Japanese-occupied Hong Kong. He lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Cuprins
AcronymsPlace NamesList of IllustrationsMaps1. January 19452. December 19413. We Are Now Prisoners of War4. Boxing Day, 19415. Training Days6. Little Jack and the Big John7. Manila Bay8. Convoy Hi-879. Crew Two10. Hot, Straight, and Normal11. Shootin' Star12. The Most Frightening Thing13. Blanket Missions14. A Complete Failure15. Target 816. Fifteen to Twenty Seconds of Flotation17. Intense to Unbelievable18. Three Planes Down19. Triple X20. The Man in the Harris Tweed21. The Bombing of Bungalow C22. The Results Were Not Commensurate with the Losses23. The Navy Department Deeply Regrets to Inform You24. Houseguests25. Eager Beavers26. Courts of Inquiry27. Killed on a Sunday28. Ten Centuries29. The Bombing of Bungalow A30. On the Beach31. Forever and a Day32. Reparations, Reassignments, and Record Jackets33. Ninety-four Pounds34. Hungjao Road35. UnknownsEpilogueAcknowledgmentsEndnotesBibliographyIndex