Boxcar Red Leader, Tom Burkhalter
Boxcar Red Leader, Tom Burkhalter
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Boxcar Red Leader
A Novel of the Pacific Air War May 1942

Author: Tom Burkhalter

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 12 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/14/2021

Synopsis

Jack and Charlie Davis, along with a new companion, Jimmy Ardana, are part of the Allied effort to stop the Japanese at Port Moresby in May 1942. But the Allies have received little in the way of reinforcements, and the only fighter available to face the Japanese Zero is the difficult to handle Bell P-39. Charlie flies dangerous reconnaissance missions to determine the location of the Japanese Navy. Jack, supposedly on his way home to the States, is diverted to be a flight commander in the 8th Fighter Group at Port Moresby.

If the Japanese take Port Moresby they can cut off the convoy routes from America to Australia, leaving Australia isolated and vulnerable. The situation, in early May of 1942, is grim, but the question is the same one Jack and Charlie have faced since December 8, 1941: can we stop the Japanese with what we have?

About Tom Burkhalter

Tom Burkhalter was born in Georgia. His parents could never decide if the first word he ever spoke was "airplane" or "star." They did agree he pointed at a moving light in the sky! He lives in Hickory, North Carolina, where he volunteers at the Hickory Aviation Museum and pursues his writing career and his omnivorous tastes in reading.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jo Hannah

Excellent characters, good pace, authenticity perfect. Well done. A-one score on a good read. Good writers need to know they’re reaching readers who react as if they know what they’re talking about. Good work.......more

Goodreads review by Emily

Early pacific air war novel Well written, interesting, realistic, and intriguing historical fiction book about the early air war in the pacific. The conditions here brave pilots fought in makes you realize sacrifices they made.......more

Goodreads review by F.E.

The Allied forces have retreated about as far as they can, holding the critical port of Port Moresby on the south coast of New Guinea. The deepwater port and strategic location gave the holder control of the Coral Sea and shipping lanes to Australia. Should the Japanese forces, already in control of......more

Goodreads review by G.

I have read aviation books in general and aviation historical fiction in particular for more than seventy years, none have been better and very few have been as good as this book and its series mates. TB gives us detailed information about the aircraft and skillfully integrates the human end of the......more

Goodreads review by Joseph Herlihy

Good on the details I’m a former Naval Officer (Destroyers mostly) and a WWII buff. I don’t accept implausible scenarios created in the minds of authors, much preferring realism and there is certainly enough true stories that there shouldn’t be any need to make things up. I enjoyed Boxcar because it......more

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