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Pacific Glory
One of the most successful of the P-38 equipped units was the 475th Fighter
Group, Satans Angels, and it is the P-38s of this famous unit that Nicolas
Trudgian has portrayed in his tribute to the American Air Forces that made
Victory in the Pacific possible. It is March 1945 and the P-38s of the 475th FG
are involved in a huge dogfight with Japanese Zeros over the coast of
Indo-China. Flying Pee Wee V is Lt Ken Hart of the 431st Fighter Squadron, who
has fatally damaged a Zero in a blistering head on encounter. The second P-38 –
Vickie – belongs to Captain John Rabbit Pietz, who would end the War an Ace with
six victories. |
