{"product_id":"the-aces-of-fighting-17-9780764339479","title":"The Aces of Fighting 17","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey were called the deadliest fighter squadron in action in the South Pacific; U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron Seventeen, famous with their Skull and Crossbones insignia, became one of the most successful squadrons of WWII. Flying the F4U Corsair, VF-17 shot down 152 Japanese aircraft in aerial combat in only 76 days. At the end of the war VF-17 had the top four Navy Corsair aces:Kepford, Hedrick, Blackburn, and Smith. After seventeen years of meticulous research, Lee Cook presents this new book, which is also greatly enhanced by considerable VF-17 family involvement who have supplied original material and photographs not previously appeared in previous works. The Aces of Fighting 17 has a detailed biography of each VF-17 ace and has a host of hitherto unpublished photographs.","brand":"Schiffer Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884509999447,"sku":"9780764339479","price":51.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780764339479.jpg?v=1722532304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-aces-of-fighting-17-9780764339479","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}