Very Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War

Osprey Aircraft Elite Units series (2006)
128 Pages / 121 photos / 32 illustrations / 1 map
$25.95
ISBN 1-84603-042-0
Purchase: Osprey Publishing

These pilots called themselves the ‘Tokyo Club'. It was a simple task to become a member. All you had to do was strap yourself into a heavily loaded P-51 Mustang, take off from Iwo Jima, fly 650 miles north over the sea - often through monsoon storms - in your single-engine aircraft to Japan, attack a heavily defended target and then turn around and fly home despite a shrinking fuel supply and perhaps battle damage as well. Do it once and you earned membership in the club. Do it 15 times and you earned a trip home. But make one mistake or have one touch of bad luck, and you had a very good chance of ending up dead. This book tells the little-known story of these brave men and their efforts to defeat the aerial forces defending Japan in the closing days of world War II.

“I found the information very readable and easy to follow. Well documented in a chronological series of battles leading up to the end of the war. The appendices are full of lots of great information.” - Kelly Jamison, Cybermodeler Online