Flightpath Magazine The two authors are uniquely qualified to tell this story. Putting it in a relatively compact package is rather brilliant. REVIEWS To draw on so many threads and weave them together is no easy feat. This is the full story of both sides of an air war that could have been won by either incumbent, but for timing, crucial decisions and luck. By March 1942 the Japanese had landed on mainland New Guinea, and the scene was set for a race to control Port Moresby. The following month, the USS Lexington's fighter squadron VF-3 scored one of the most one-sided victories of the entire Pacific War. Four Japanese fleet carriers facilitated the capture of Rabaul over a devastating four-day period in January 1942. However it was the supreme power of aircraft carriers that had the biggest impact. As Imperial Japanese Navy flying boats and land-based bombers penetrated over vast distances, a few under-strength squadrons of the Royal Australian Air Force put up a spirited fight. This volume chronicles aerial warfare in the South Pacific from December 1941 until March 1942, durign which air operations by both sides became a daily occurrence. New England Historic Genealogical Society.
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