{"product_id":"kangaroo-squadron-by-bruce-gamble-9780306845253","title":"Kangaroo Squadron","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased in Australia with poor supplies and no ground support, the pilots and crew faced tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the outfit, dubbed the \u003cem\u003eKangaroo Squadron\u003c\/em\u003e, proved remarkably resilient and successful, conducting long-range bombing raids, armed reconnaissance missions, and rescuing General MacArthur and his staff from the Philippines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore now, the story of their courage and determination in the face of overwhelming odds has largely been untold. Using eyewitness accounts based on personal diaries, letters, new interviews, and memoirs as well as Japanese sources, historian Bruce Gamble brings to vivid life this dramatic true story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the \u003cem\u003eKangaroo Squadron\u003c\/em\u003e's story doesn't end in World War II. One of the B-17s, crash-landed on its first mission, has recently been recovered from jungle swamps. The intertwined stories of the \u003cem\u003eKangaroo Squadron\u003c\/em\u003e and the \"Swamp Ghost\" are filled with thrilling accounts of aerial combat, an epic jungle survival story, and the powerful mystique of an abandoned bomber that compelled men to possess it at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849364984044,"sku":"9780306845253","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6192903482297.jpg?v=1759043944","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/kangaroo-squadron-by-bruce-gamble-9780306845253","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}