How Fearless Flyboys, Peerless Aircraft, and Fast Flattops Conquered the Skies in the War with Japan Sears. This book tells the inspiring story of how, despite initial disastrous defeats, a generation of young U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators - flying F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, TBF Avengers and other aircraft - challenged and ultimately vanquished a superior Japanese air force and fleet in World War II's Pacific Theater. 372 pages, 56 B&W photographs, 6"x 9¼", hardcover. #0010446