The Fighting Corsairs: The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 in the Pacific during WWII

by: Jeff Dacus (Author)

Publisher: Lyons Press

Publication Date: October 1, 2020

Language: English

Print Length: 296 pages

ISBN-10: 1493055089

ISBN-13: 9781493055081

Book Description

From an historian and columnist in Leatheeck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide tued against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a thrilling narrative of the Marines who lived, and died, during the toughest battles of the entire war. It looks at the war through the eyes of some of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, including Bob Hanson, the “Maharajah of Rabaul” and highest-scoring Corsair pilot in history.
From an historian and columnist in Leatheeck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide tued against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a thrilling narrative of the Marines who lived, and died, during the toughest battles of the entire war. It looks at the war through the eyes of some of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, including Bob Hanson, the “Maharajah of Rabaul” and highest-scoring Corsair pilot in history. Read more