The gripping World War II saga of the rise and fall of the Japanese Naval Air Force through the career of one of its best fighter aces.
Written by Martin Caidin from Saburo Sakai's own memoirs and journalist Fred Saito's extensive interviews with the fighter pilot, this book vividly documents the chivalry and valour of Saburo Sakai, the combat aviator who time after time fought American fighter pilots, and, with 64 kills, would survive the war as Japan's greatest living ace.
Here are the harrowing experiences of one of Japan's greatest aces: from fighter pilot school - where the harsh training expelled over half of his class - to the thrilling early Japanese victories; from his incredible six hundred mile fight for life from Guadalcanal to his base in Rabaul, to the poignant story of the now-handicapped veteran's return to the air during the final desperate months of World War II.
