War in Pacific Skies: Featuring the Aviation Art of Jack Fellows

by Charlie Cooper, Ann Cooper, Jack Fellows (Illustrator)

In a fusion of art and history, portrayed in accurate detail, complete with combatant's personal insights, War in Pacific Skies covers the most famous air engagements in WWII's Pacific Theater of Operation. Full color maps, previously unpublished photographs, original artwork and personal accounts visually and mentally enliven the air battles at Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Guam, Tinian, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and more. Climb in to the cockpit of America's famous Pacific war birds: the P-38 which carried Richard Bong to his 40 kills, the obsolete Curtiss Hawk piloted by Harry Brown who accounted for the only American airborne response at Pearl Harbor and join Colonel Tibitts in the "Enola Gay" as the B-29 Superfortress makes its final approach on Hiroshima.

191 pages, Hardcover

First published July 25, 2003

Reviews

[Charles m smith jr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well written.

Information alone is the best. This is a great read it you want to learn about ww2 in the Pacific.

[Lew · Rating 5 out of 5]

My rating of 5 stars is based mainly on Jack Fellows' wonderful artwork that is highlighted through out the book. I would rate the Coopers' accompanying text 4 stars. It is a good concise air war in the Pacific during WWII.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid enough history of the air war in the Pacific, but the star here are the paintings by Jack Fellows….they earn 5 stars.