Air Apaches: The True Story of the 345th Bomb Group and its Low, Fast, and Deadly Missions in World War...

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Jay Stout

Air Apaches

The True Story of the 345th Bomb Group and its Low, Fast, and Deadly Missions in World War II...

Jay Stout

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Stackpole
01 February 2019

History; Second World War; Military aircraft

The American 345th Bomb Group - the Air Apaches - was legendary in the war against Japan. The first fully trained and fully equipped group sent to the South Pacific, the 345th racked up a devastating score against the enemy. Armed to the teeth with machine guns and fragmentation bombs, and flying their B-25s at impossibly low altitudes - often below fifty feet - the pilots and air crews strafed and bombed enemy installations and shipping with a fury that helped cripple Japan. One of the sharpest tools in the U.S. arsenal, the 345th performed essential missions during Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s campaigns in New Guinea and the Philippines, earning an impressive four Distinguished Unit Citations.

This was punishingly dangerous work, and the 345th lost 177 aircraft and 712 men - young men doing their duty in the spirit of the Greatest Generation. Neither was this the more gentlemanly war of Europe, with its more temperate climate, resistance networks aiding downed crews, and POW camps. Airmen shot down in the Pacific theater faced drowning in the ocean, disappearing in the jungle, or torturing and beheading by the Japanese in a war of no quarter expected, no quarter given.

A compelling follow-up to Stout’s Hell’s Angels, Air Apaches reconstructs the missions of the 345th Bomb Group in striking detail, with laser focus on the men who manned the cockpits, navigated the B-25s, dropped the bombs, serviced the planes, and helped win the war. To tell this remarkable story, Stout worked closely with the group’s surviving veterans and dug deep into first-hand accounts. The result is a compelling narrative of men at war that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.

By: Jay Stout
Imprint: Stackpole
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780811738019
ISBN 10: 0811738019
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 February 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lt. Colonel (Ret.) Jay Stout is a former Marine Corps fighter pilot who flew F-4 Phantoms and F/A-18 Hornets during a military career from 1981 to 2001. A graduate of Purdue University, he has also written Fortress Ploesti, Hornets Over Kuwait, and Slaughter at Goliad.

Reviews for Air Apaches: The True Story of the 345th Bomb Group and its Low, Fast, and Deadly Missions in World War II

Combat aviator-historian Jay Stout again demonstrates mastery of his subject, providing an intimate look at the Air Apaches as they bombed and strafed their way from New Guinea to the Philippines and Okinawa. It's all there-the appalling climate, treacherous weather, and a determined, lethal enemy. All honor to Stout for another last-minute grab at history that is rapidly disappearing beyond our national horizon. -- Barrett Tillman, author of Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945 Informative, exciting, thorough, and stirringly well-written. -- Eric Hammel, author of Two Flags over Iwo Jima In his latest aviation treasure, historian Jay Stout chronicles the actions of the 345th Bomb Group, better known as the Air Apaches. Gripping firsthand accounts from pilots and airmen make this an enjoyable read about a unit credited with sinking 260 vessels and destroying 367 enemy aircraft during the war in the Pacific. Highly recommended. -- Stephen L. Moore, author of Uncommon Valor