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Very Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War

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ISBN-10: 1846030420

ISBN-13: 9781846030420

Edition: 2006

Authors: Carl Molesworth, Jim Laurier

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The pilots called themselves the 'Tokyo Club'. It was a simple task to become a member. All you had to do was strap yourself into a heavily loaded P-51 Mustang, take off from Iwo Jima (a postage-stamp sized volcanic island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean), fly 650 miles north over the sea - often through monsoon storms - in your single-engined aircraft to Japan, attack a heavily defended target in the vicinity of the enemy's capital city and then turn around and fly home while fretting over your shrinking fuel supply and perhaps battle damage as well. If your gas held out and you were not blown off-course on your return trip, you landed back at 'Iwo' after an eight-hour flight. Do it…    
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Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.88" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Award-winning author Holly Jacobs has sold over two million books worldwide. The first novel in her Everything But series, Everything But a Groom, was named one of 2008's Best Romances by Booklist, and her books have been honored with countless other accolades. Inspired by Jacobs s own beloved canines, Ethel Merman and Ella Fitzgerald, Everything But a Dog is the final installment in the series. When she's not indulging her love for writing, gardening, or catching Broadway shows, Jacobs can be found delivering author workshops across the country. She lives in Erie County, Pennsylvania, with her husband and four children.Carl Molesworth is an editor and writer for Reed Elsevier. He has been…    

Introduction
The Long Road to Tokyo
Little Friends Over Japan
The Setting Sun
Appendices
Colour Plates Commentary
Bibliography
Index