23rd Fighter Group: 'Chennaults Sharks'
Carl Molesworth
Staffed with inexperienced USAAF pilots and led by a handful of seasoned veterans of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), the 23rd FG was formed in the field at Kunming, in China, on July 4, 1942 and flew combat missions that same day. The groups three squadrons - the 74th, 75th and 76th Fighter Squadrons - were initially equipped with war-weary P-40s handed down from the AVG. These were supplemented by the attached 16th FS, flying new P-40Es, and all squadrons adorned the noses of their airplanes with fearsome and iconic sharksmouth designs.
الفئات:
المجلد:
031
عام:
2009
الناشر:
Osprey Publishing
اللغة:
english
الصفحات:
132
ISBN 10:
1846034213
ISBN 13:
9781846034213
سلسلة الكتب:
Aviation Elite Units
ملف:
PDF, 37.94 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2009