Osprey Aviation Elite Units SC (2000-2007 OSPREY) comic books 2006-2008
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Issue #21-1ST
$7.50
$7.50
Volume 21 - 1st printing. "Very Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War!" Written by Carl Molesworth. Art by Jim Laurier. 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-engined 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. Softcover, 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $25.95.
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Issue #22-1ST
$15.00
$15.00
Volume 22 - 1st printing. "Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders'!" Written by John Weal. Art by John Weal. JG 51 were one of the Luftwaffe's top wartime fighter units, yet their story has never been told in English. The unit's history encapsulates the fortunes of the Luftwaffe's fighter arm as a whole - the heady successes of the early months, the steady attrition and the growing strength of the opposition during the mid-war years, and the final chaos and collapse of the last days. But it is perhaps the details of the pilots who served with the unit that sets JG 51 apart. During the course of the war it numbered more Knight's Cross winners among its ranks than any other. And it is their stories their successes, exploits and eventual fates - which brings this history to life. Softcover, 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $25.95.
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Issue #23-1ST
$15.00
$15.00
Volume 23 - 1st printing. "475th Fighter Group!" Written by John Stanaway. Art by Chris Davey. Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific, the 475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief, General George C Kenney. From the time the group entered combat in August 1943 until the end of the war it was the fastest scoring group in the Pacific and remained one of the crack fighter units in the entire US Army Air Forces with a final total of some 550 credited aerial victories. Amongst its pilots were the leading American aces of all time, Dick Bong and Tom McGuire, with high-scoring pilots Danny Roberts and John Loisel also serving with the 475th. This book details these pilots, the planes they flew and the campaigns and battles they fought in including such famous names as Dobodura, the Huon Gulf, Oro Bay, Rabaul, Hollandia, the Philippines and Luzon. Softcover, 128 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $25.95.
