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050 0 0 _aD790.35 88th
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100 1 _aWukovits, John F.,
_d1944-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDogfight over Tokyo :
_bthe final air battle of the Pacific and the last four men to die in World War II /
_cJohn Wukovits.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bDa Capo Press,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2019
300 _axiv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, map, portraits ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-308) and index.
505 2 _aTo the war -- The July 1945 battles -- To war's end.
520 _a"From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought the last fight of the war during the first hour of peace. When Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on the morning of August 15, 1945, they had no idea they were about to carry out the final air mission of World War II. Two hours later, Yorktown received word from Admiral Nimitz that the war had ended and that all offensive operations should cease. As they were turning back, twenty Japanese planes suddenly dove from the sky above them and began a ferocious attack. Four American pilots never returned--men who had lifted off from the carrier in wartime but were shot down during peacetime. Drawing on participant letters, diaries, and interviews, newspaper and radio accounts, and previously untapped archival records, historian and prolific author of acclaimed Pacific theater books, including Tin Can Titans and Hell from the Heavens, John Wukovits tells the story of Air Group 88's pilots and crew through their eyes. Dogfight over Tokyo is written in the same riveting, edge-of-your-seat style that has made Wukovits's previous books so successful. This is a stirring, one-of-a-kind tale of naval encounters and the last dogfight of the war--a story that is both inspirational and tragic."--Jacket flap.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bNavy.
_bCarrier Air Group 88.
611 2 7 _aWorld War (1939-1945)
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_0(OCoLC)fst01180924
648 7 _a1939-1945
_2fast
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAerial operations, American.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xCampaigns
_zPacific Ocean.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xNaval operations, American.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Military / World War II.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / Military / United States.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / Military / Aviation.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aMilitary campaigns.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01710190
650 7 _aMilitary operations, Aerial
_xAmerican.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01710199
650 7 _aMilitary operations, Naval
_xAmerican.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01710245
650 7 _aFighter plane combat.
_2sears
650 7 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAerial operations
_xJapanese.
_2sears
650 7 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAerial operations
_xUnited States.
_2sears
651 7 _aPacific Ocean.
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_0(OCoLC)fst01243528
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