Snafu Snatchers: Air Sea Rescue Featuring PBY Catalinas - Philippines 1946

Snafu Snatchers: Air Sea Rescue Featuring PBY Catalinas - Philippines 1946 PBY Catalina's, B 17's equiped with a Dutchman were the basic aircraft used by the Air Sea Rescue squadrons in the South Pacific during WWII. Air Sea Rescue squadrons are dedicated to saving life, not taking it. We were called to recover those lost at sea or crashed in the jungle or rescuing wounded soldiers, survivors of firefights. To accomplish our missions we needed to meet the conditions of weather climate (intense humid heat and tphoons) and gunfire from remanent Jap hold outs and Communist Chineese financed Huks. who were attempting to hi-jack the newly formed Democratic government of the Philippines? Autor: Grey T. Larison Wydawnictwo: Authorhouse Rok wydania: 2009 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 280 Wymiary: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781438944937