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New Guinea Skies is the personal story of a World War II fighter pilot stationed in the South Pacific. Built around the framework of the author's 1943-44 war diary, this book chronicles his life from boyhood on an Indiana farm through pilot training and into wartime action as a member of the Thirty-ninth Fighter Squadron - the first squadron equipped with the P-38 Lightning aircraft that could challenge Japan's Zero for air supremacy. The Thirty-ninth became the first squadron to shoot down a hundred Japanese planes, and Lieutenant Rothgeb's account is filled with harrowing clashes, including a fiery crash and a raid on Rabaul. New Guinea itself posed a challenge to pilots as well, with its menacing jungles, fetid swamps, and sudden storms closing in around the impassable mountains.
Author Rothgeb also reveals the human side of squadron life: special encounters, VIP visitors, adventures on leave, romances formed and broken, battles with bugs, and quests for fresh food and flush toilets. Humor and comradeship help the young pilots maintain hope for the future while facing the tragedy of death. Although fifty years have passed since the U.S. entry into World War II, the story told in New Guinea Skies captures basic human experiences and feelings that are as relevant today as they were in the 1940s.
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Rothgeb's detailed and immediate memoir, based heavily on his wartime diaries, establishes the human dimensions of a still-neglected aspect of WW II: the role of the Army Air Force in the southwest Pacific. The author flew P-38 Lightnings in the 39th Fighter Squadron of the 5th Air Force in an arena where the operations were on a small scale compared to those in Europe. Rothgeb, whose 139 combat missions mainly involved escorting bombers or transports, vividly depicts the living conditions and the operational environment of war waged on a shoestring from improvised airstrips on the island of New Guinea. Navigation over the oceans and jungles was as big a challenge as the Japanese fighters. The pervasively hostile conditions generated high levels of cohesion and comradeship among the 39th, who suffered relatively few casualties. Recommended for readers interested in aviation history and in WW II.
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- PublisherIowa State Pr
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0813808367
- ISBN 13 9780813808369
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages261
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; Second Printing. With photographic illustrations, Previous owners inscription onf ront endpaper, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. New Guinea Skies is the personal story of a World War II fighter pilot stationed in the South Pacific. Built around the framework of the author's 1943-44 war diary, this book chronicles his life from boyhood on an Indiana farm through pilot training and into wartime action as a member of the Thirty-ninth Fighter Squadron - the first squadron equipped with the P-38 Lightning aircraft that could challenge Japan's Zero for air supremacy. The Thirty-ninth became the first squadron to shoot down a hundred Japanese planes, and Lieutenant Rothgeb's account is filled with harrowing clashes, including a fiery crash and a raid on Rabaul. New Guinea itself posed a challenge to pilots as well, with its menacing jungles, fetid swamps, and sudden storms closing in around the impassable mountains. Author Rothgeb also reveals the human side of squadron life: special encounters, VIP visitors, adventures on leave, romances formed and broken, battles with bugs, and quests for fresh food and flush toilets. Humor and comradeship help the young pilots maintain hope for the future while facing the tragedy of death. Although fifty years have passed since the U. S. Entry into World War II, the story told in New Guinea Skies captures basic human experiences and feelings that are as relevant today as they were in the 1940s.; 235 x 160mm; xvi, 261 pages. Seller Inventory # 24353
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