475th Fighter Group

Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific the<strong>475th Fighter Group</strong> was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief Gene... » 

Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific the475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief GeneralGeorge C Kenney. From the time the group entered combat in August 1943 untilthe end of the war it was the fastest scoring group in the Pacific and remainedone of the crack fighter units in the entire US Army Air Forces with a finaltotal of some 550 credited aerial victories. Amongst its pilots were theleading American aces of all time Dick Bong and Tom McGuire with highscoringpilots Danny Roberts and John Loisel also serving with the 475th. Among thecampaigns and battles detailed in this volume are such famous names asDobodura the Huon Gulf Oro Bay Rabaul Hollandia the Philippines and Luzon. «