Avengers of the Philippines by John Shaw

A salute to the pilot s of Air Group 51 who helped liberate the Philippines and to the Americans who defended the Philippines before their capture by the Japanese.

November, 1944.........
As smouldering enemy ships mark a trail to Manila Bay, Avengers and Hellcats of Air Group 51 overfly the isle of Corregidor on their return to the carriers U S S San Jacinto. With the misty mountains of Bataan standing as a silent sentinel, Naval LT (JG) George H W Bush pilots his TBM in one of his last combat missions of WW11. The valor of Bush's group in the Battle of Leyte Gult and in the strikes on Manila Bay helped pave the way for MacArthur's campaign to liberate the Philippines.

Limited edition of 300 signed by VT- Pilots
Jack Guy, John Raquepau, and VF-51 Hellcat Ace Robert Maxwell and
four of the veterans below who fought on Bataan or Corregidor during the early days of WW11.
(signers are randomly distributed)
Robert Brown Army Air Corps, Martin Christie 4th Marines, Ray Harper U S Navy, Nick Hionedes Army Air Corps, Wayne Miller Army Air Corps, John Perkowski 59th Coast Artillary, Houston Turner 31st Infantry, David Johnson 4th Marines, Frank Maselskis 4th Marines, Jack Warner 4th Marines.

£150.00 + p&p

150 Limited edition signed by
VT-51 pilots Jack Guy, John Raquepau, and VF-51 Hellcat Ace Robert Maxwell

£120.00 + p&p