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Vlr P-51 Mustang Vs Japanese Fighters: Japan 1945

Vlr P-51 Mustang Vs Japanese Fighters: Japan 1945

Molesworth, Carl
Hector, Gareth
Laurier, Jim

Paperback

Series: Duel, Book 147

Air CombatGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $23.00

ISBN10: 1472866401
ISBN13: 9781472866400
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: Nov 18 2025
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.30 Width: 7.20 Depth: 9.70
Language: English

An illustrated study of some of the final and most fierce aerial clashes of the Pacific War, featuring first-hand accounts and combat reports.

For four months in 1945, the skies over Tokyo saw USAAF P-51 Mustang pilots clash with Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF) and Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) fighters in some of the most intense aerial battles of the Pacific War. The Japanese marshalled ten different fighter types to defend the relatively small and well-defined target area, but the already iconic Merlin-engined P-51D Mustang, with its game-changing Very Long-Range (VLR) capabilities, would prove more than a match for their combined forces.

In this engaging new study, respected Pacific War historian Carl Molesworth employs combat reports and first-hand accounts to tell the story of how VII Fighter Command's Mustang pilots went from escorting B-29 bombers to actively seeking out enemy aircraft to attack. Newly commissioned armament, cockpit and battlescene illustrations, as well as a wealth of archive photos, bring the narrative to life, giving a vivid and illuminating sense of what it was like to be a fighter pilot in the air war over Japan in 1945.

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