Description

THE THIRD AND FINAL RELEASE IN THE 60th ANNIVERSARY WWII TRILOGY PART THREE THE USAAF IN THE PACIFIC 1942 -- 1945 One of the most successful of the P-38 equipped units was the 475th Fighter Group, ‘Satan’s Angels’, and it is the P-38s of this famous unit that Nicolas Trudgian has portrayed in his tribute to the American Air Forces that made Victory in the Pacific possible. It is March 1945 and the P-38s of the 475th FG are involved in a huge dogfight with Japanese Zeros over the coast of Indo-China. Flying “Pee Wee V” is Lt Ken Hart of the 431st Fighter Squadron, who has fatally damaged a Zero in a blistering head on encounter. The second P-38 – “Vickie” – belongs to Captain John ‘Rabbit’ Pietz, who would end the War an Ace with six victories.

Signatures

Major Allen, Bill

THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION:

Colonel PERRY J. DAHL
Captain JOSEPH FORSTER
Captain THOMAS OXFORD

THE COMMEMORATIVE PROOFS

The Commemorative Proofs are additionally signed by a further two distinguished 457th pilots, making a total of FIVE signatures in this edition:

Captain JACK OLSON
Lt Colonel JOHN LOISEL