Winged Samurai: Saburo Sakai and the Zero Fighter Pilots

by Henry Sakaida

Photo history of the Japanese & American pilots who flew against each other in the Pacific. Photographs, diagrams & detailed research combined to entertain & educate readers of all ages. From past to present with modern photos of former rivals together decades after the war.

159 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Ernie Page · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, illustrated book with much information. Unfortunately it also has a chip on its authors shoulders.
The forward explains how everyone was first exposed to the Japanese side of World War II with the book "Samurai." It then goes onto to poke holes in two stories contained with the book. And because of the two exaggerations it deems "Samurai" inaccurate.

Once past the bile, the book as I said is informative with many photos, intelligence communiques, maps et cetera.

Both books have their place if you are interested in WWII air combat in the Pacific.

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