Joe Barrett
Author
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
320 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the twentieth century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked. When World War II ended, the three numbered air forces (the Fifth, Thirteenth and Seventh) under his command possessed 4,004 combat aircraft, 433 reconnaissance aircraft, and 922 transports. After being humbled by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942,...