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Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash With the Superbattleship Musashi
by Gregory G. Fletcher
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine+
- ISBN 10
- 0451236963
- ISBN 13
- 9780451236968
- Seller
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About This Item
NAL Caliber, 2012. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine+. This is a Dark Grey textured cover WWII Military History hardback in Near Fine condition with a Near Fine+ jacket. c2012. First Edition, 1st Printing. It is in great condition both inside and out. The cover is very bright & very clean. The Edges and spine ends are all very nice with just a touch of a bottom spine end wrinkle. The Pages are tight & unmarked. The first few pages have a light crease line from the jacket inside crease line., otherwise great , tight pages. no names. Very Nice jacket with, Hardly any shelf wear. .There is a fold line on the inside jacket fold. NOT a remainder. Very nice Photos 420 pages. #21491
Synopsis
On the morning of October 24, 1944, in the Sibuyan Sea amidst the Philippine Islands, VT-18, a close-knit squadron of six young American torpedo bomber pilots, departed the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid on a search and destroy mission. Their target: the super-battleship Musashi , the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The pilots were tasked with preventing the immense enemy warship and the huge naval armada of which she was a part from inflicting unspeakable damage on the transports and supply ships that were supporting the American amphibious landings within nearby Leyte Gulf. Little did these young men know that they had embarked on the opening rounds of history’s greatest—and last—epic naval battle. Two bomber crews launched in the first wave of attackers were shot out of the sky. Only pilot Will Fletcher survived the crash landing. Adrift at sea, Will made his way to land and escaped into the jungles of the Philippines, where he eluded capture by the Japanese with the help of Filipino guerrillas and joined their ranks against their common enemy. Intrepid Aviators is the thrilling true story of the brave bomber pilots, their daring duel with the Musashi , and Will Fletcher’s struggle to survive as a guerrilla soldier. The sinking of Musashi inflicted a crucial blow in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and would mark the first time in history that aviators had sunk a Japanese battleship on the high seas.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn David Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021491
- Title
- Intrepid Aviators: The True Story of U.S.S. Intrepid's Torpedo Squadron 18 and Its Epic Clash With the Superbattleship Musashi
- Author
- Gregory G. Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0451236963
- ISBN 13
- 9780451236968
- Publisher
- NAL Caliber
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 2012
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