Pacific Counterblow: The 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter Squadron in the Battle for Guadalcanal

by U.S. Air Force and United States Air Force

Pacific Counterblow tells the story of the Battle for Guadalcanal (1942), focusing on the operations of the 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter Squadron.Months after the devastation of Pearl Harbor, U.S. forces had crushed the Japanese fleet at Midway and then moved to seize the initiative. AAF commanders in the Pacific sought to prevent the enemy from severing Australia's supply lines. So the B-17s of the 11th Bomb Group and the P-39s and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508790493
• ISBN13: 9781508790495
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"