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Jungle Ace : Col. Gerald R. Johnson, the USAAF's Top Fighter Leader of the Pacific War
Overview
Flying P-38s, Jerry Johnson shot down 24 aircraft in 265 combat missions in the Pacific theater. At the age of only twenty-four, he commanded the highest-scoring fighter group in the Pacific. Tragically, though Johnson had survived three combat tours, which included a mid-air collision with a Japanese aircraft and being shot down by friendly fire, the new father disappeared without a trace while flying a courier mission one month after the war's end.
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- ISBN-13: 9781574886948
- ISBN-10: 1574886940
- Publisher: Potomac Books
- Publish Date: November 2003
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.08 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.69 pounds
- Page Count: 259
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