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Wings of Gold: The U.S. Naval Air Campaign in World War II
Gerald Astor
Allen and Battling Buzzards * First-hand reports of air strikes and dogfights over the Pacific From critically acclaimed military historian Gerald Astor comes Wings of Gold, the first account of how the aeroplane revolutionised the US Navy and paved the way to victory in the Pacific in World War II.
464 pages, 16 pp b/w plates
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 31, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780345472526 |
| Publishers | Presidio Press |
| Pages | 464 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 30 mm · 480 g |
| Language | English |
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