The Jolly Rogers The Story of Tom Blackburn and Navy Fighting Squadron VF-17 |
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| Author:
| Blackburn, Tom
Stockdale, James B. |
| As told to:
| Hammel, Eric M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7603-2200-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Publisher: | MBI Publishing Company LLC
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| Imprint: | Zenith Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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In an action-packed war memoir and squadron history, ace fighter pilot Tom Blackburn describes exactly how he shaped a crew of over-eager hotshots into one of the highest scoring fighter squadrons of World War II and U.S. Navy history. In only 76 days of combat, Blackburn's Jolly Rogers downed a record 154 enemy warplanes, and Blackburn himself emerged as one of VF-17’s leading aces with eleven aerial combat victories to his credit. A complete history of the squadron from...
More DescriptionIn an action-packed war memoir and squadron history, ace fighter pilot Tom Blackburn describes exactly how he shaped a crew of over-eager hotshots into one of the highest scoring fighter squadrons of World War II and U.S. Navy history. In only 76 days of combat, Blackburn's Jolly Rogers downed a record 154 enemy warplanes, and Blackburn himself emerged as one of VF-17’s leading aces with eleven aerial combat victories to his credit. A complete history of the squadron from its commissioning in January 1943 to its disbanding in April 1944including a harrowing account of the squadron’s intense, winning campaign against the Japanese over the northern Solomon Islands and Fortress Rabaulthis book offers a fascinating look at Blackburn’s approach to organizing, training, and leading his pilotsthirteen of whom, the author included, became air aces.