P-39/P-400 AIRACOBRA VS A6M2/3 ZERO-SEN: NEW GUINEA 1942

It was over remote New Guinea where the advance of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force A6M Zero-sen fighter was first halted in a series of aerial battles with USAAF P-39 Airacobras. With detailed maps and contemporary photographs, this fully illustrated study describes how American Airacobra pilots battled against both their veteran foes in Zerosens and often deadly weather in the tropics just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.