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Whistling Death
A Wild Banshees Novel · Book 1
VMF-333 “The Wild Banshees” is a hastily assembled squadron of Marine fighter pilots flying F4U Corsairs from dirt strips in the Solomon Islands, 1943. The worst assignment in the Pacific Theater, given to the pilots nobody else wanted.
As they fight the air war against Japan’s best aces, the pilots begin experiencing unexplained phenomena: phantom voices on the radio, controls that move on their own, a scent of perfume at twenty thousand feet. The Japanese called the Corsair “Whistling Death.” But the pilots of VMF-333 are starting to think something else is doing the screaming.
By C. Scott Lannon. For readers of Stephen Coonts, W.E.B. Griffin, and P.T. Deutermann.
The Wild Banshees Series
- 1. Whistling Death— Solomon Islands, 1943 (coming soon)
- 2. The Wailing— Central Solomons campaign
- 3. Banshee’s Dawn— Dawn fighter sweeps over Rabaul
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