David C Isby is an experienced author, having written or edited 20 books and over 350 articles in journals such as Jane’s Intelligence Review and Air Force Monthly. His work on World War 2 military aviation includes Jane’s At the Controls - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (London, 1999, Harper Collins) and editing three volumes of Luftwaffe accounts. He is an experienced pilot (and son of a USAAF C-47 navigator). Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Elite Units series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax, Sunderland and C-47.

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• Chapter 1 - Opening 1941-42Chapter 2 - Build-up 1941-43Chapter 3 - Pacific 1942-43Chapter 4 - CBI 1942-43Chapter 5 - Pacific 1943-44Chapter 6 - The CBI 1944-45Chapter 7 - The Pacific 1944-45Chapter 8 - Victory and Conclusion

David C Isby is an experienced author, having written or edited 20 books and over 350 articles in journals such as Jane’s Intelligence Review and Air Force Monthly. His work on World War 2 military aviation includes Jane’s At the Controls - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (London, 1999, Harper Collins) and editing three volumes of Luftwaffe accounts. He is an experienced pilot (and son of a USAAF C-47 navigator). Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Elite Units series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax, Sunderland and C-47.

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• Chapter 1 - Opening 1941-42Chapter 2 - Build-up 1941-43Chapter 3 - Pacific 1942-43Chapter 4 - CBI 1942-43Chapter 5 - Pacific 1943-44Chapter 6 - The CBI 1944-45Chapter 7 - The Pacific 1944-45Chapter 8 - Victory and Conclusion

David C Isby is an experienced author, having written or edited 20 books and over 350 articles in journals such as Jane’s Intelligence Review and Air Force Monthly. His work on World War 2 military aviation includes Jane’s At the Controls - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (London, 1999, Harper Collins) and editing three volumes of Luftwaffe accounts. He is an experienced pilot (and son of a USAAF C-47 navigator). Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Elite Units series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax, Sunderland and C-47.

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• Chapter 1 - Opening 1941-42Chapter 2 - Build-up 1941-43Chapter 3 - Pacific 1942-43Chapter 4 - CBI 1942-43Chapter 5 - Pacific 1943-44Chapter 6 - The CBI 1944-45Chapter 7 - The Pacific 1944-45Chapter 8 - Victory and Conclusion