Corsair Aces of World War 2
Author: Mark Styling
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13:
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Corsair Aces of World War 2
Author: Mark Styling
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781855325302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe speed with which the Corsair was rushed into service as a land-based fighter obliged the pilots to learn on the job. The aircraft soon proved to be superior to the Japanese Zero and played a major part in the destruction of Japan's elite air forces in the South Pacific. Later, in an effort to counter the Kamikaze threat, the Corsair was once again hurriedly pressed into service; this time in its originally intended role as a shipboard fighter. This versatile aircraft saw service with the US Navy and Marines, the British Fleet Air Arm and the RNZAF. Most of the 4FU pilots who recount their experiences within these pages considered it to be the best all-round fighter in the Pacific theatre.
Hellcat Aces of World War 2
Author: Barrett Tillman
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 1996-07-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781855325968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrumman's successor to the pugnacious Wildcat, the Hellcat embodied many of the lessons learnt by F4F pilots in the opening months of the Pacific war. Introduced to the fleet in January 1943, and blooded in combat against the Japanese by VF-5 seven months later, the F6F served as the principal US Navy fighter on board carrier decks until VJ-Day. Despite its lethality in the air when ranged against the best Japanese fighters, it still retained docile handling qualities around the carrier deck. Pilots flying the Hellcat claimed nearly 5000 kills in the Pacific, and over 350 pilots achieved ace status on the type.
Corsair Aces of World War 2
Author: Barrett Tillman
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9788483722077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRoyal Navy Aces of World War 2
Author: Andrew Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-02-20
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1472802322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book will detail the history and combat experiences of these forgotten pilots who operated in every theatre and every major conflict of the war. The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy served with distinction in every theatre of war throughout World War II. From its poorly equipped beginnings - it started the war with few suitable, modern, carrier-born fighters - to the final campaigns over the Japanese home islands, the FAA proved an effective fighting force wherever it went. FAA Pilots had the distinction of being responsible for both the first, and last, enemy aircraft to be shot down during the war. Featuring first hand accounts, combat reports, photographs from private collections and an array of colour plates depicting the range of profiles and symbolic markings that were used, this book will detail the history and combat experiences of these forgotten pilots who served with such distinction for the Allied cause.
Wildcat Aces of World War 2
Author: Barrett Tillman
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 1995-04-25
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781855324862
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguably the most important piston-engined single-seat fighter design ever to see service with the US Navy and Marine Corps, the aesthetically inelegant F4F Wildcat achieved much acclaim during its bloody frontline career. Thrown into combat at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal, the handful of Wildcat units of the Navy and Marine Corps took on large numbers of fighters and bombers and came out victorious. On the European front, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm also put the fighter to effective use from escort carriers, protecting Atlantic convoys from Luftwaffe attacks.
P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific
Author: Carl Molesworth
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-01-20
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1472800850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first USAAF fighters to engage the Japanese in World War 2, a handful of P-40s rose to defend Pearl Harbor from attack on the morning of 7 December 1941. Warhawk units were also heavily involved in the ill-fated fight to stem invading Japanese forces in the Philippines and Java between December 1941 and April 1942 and again in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands between January 1943 and March 1944. This book examines The Warhawk's wartime exploits and all of its aces including 'aces-in-a-day' Mel Wheadon and Joe Lesika.
SBD Dauntless Units of World War 2
Author: Barrett Tillman
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 1998-11-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781855327320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnquestionably the most successful dive-bomber ever to see frontline service with any air arm, the Douglas SBD Dauntless was the scourge of the Japanese Imperial Fleet in the crucial years of the Pacific War of World War II (1939-1945). The revolutionary all-metal stressed-skin design of the SBD exhibited airframe strength that made it an ideal dive-bomber, its broad wing, with horizontal centre section and sharply tapered outer panels with dihedral, boasting perforated split flaps that doubled as dive brakes during the steep bombing attacks
The Fighting Corsairs
Author: Jeff Dacus
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-10-01
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1493055097
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting, personal account of a Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific during the critical days of 1943 when the tide turned against the Japanese. Based on individual interviews and wartime documents, this is a thrilling narrative of the Marines who lived, and died, during the toughest battles of the entire war. It looks at the war through the eyes of some of the greatest fighter pilots of all time, including Bob Hanson, the “Maharajah of Rabaul” and highest-scoring Corsair pilot in history.
Korean War Aces
Author: Robert F Dorr
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-01-20
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1472800567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86 Sabres of the USAF take on MiG-15s of the North Korean and Chinese air forces. Although the Allied pilots were initially taken aback by the ability of the communist fighter in combat, sound training and skilful leadership soon enabled Sabre pilots to dominate the dogfights over the Yalu River. In all 39 F-86 pilots achieved ace status, and a number of these are profiled in this volume, as are notable pilots from the US Navy, Marine Corps and Royal Navy and, for the first time, the handful of MiG-15 aces.
