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F6F Hellcat Aces of VF-9: Aircraft of the Aces, cartea 119

Autor Edward M. Young Ilustrat de Jim Laurier
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 mar 2014
VF-9 was activated in March 1942 as part of Carrier Air Group (CAG) 9, one of the many air groups the US Navy was hurriedly forming in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Equipped with Grumman F4F Wildcats, VF-9 first saw combat during the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942, where the squadron engaged Vichy French fighters over Morocco. Returning to the United States, VF-9 became one of the first squadrons to receive the Grumman F6F Hellcat and to deploy on the USS Essex, the first of its class of fleet carriers that would form the backbone of the US Navy's Fast Carrier Task Force. VF-9, the Hellcat, and the Essex all entered combat in the fall of 1943. In the hands of the squadron's pilots, and with other Navy fighter squadrons, the Hellcat proved superior to the Imperial Japanese Navy's A6M Zero, which had heretofore been the world's premier carrier fighter plane.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781782003359
ISBN-10: 1782003355
Pagini: 96
Ilustrații: 80 b/w; 32 col
Dimensiuni: 184 x 248 x 7 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Seria Aircraft of the Aces

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Edward Young is a retired financial executive with degrees in Political Science from Harvard University and the University of Washington. During his career he had assignments in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok. He has had a long-standing interest in the war in the Pacific, and has written on American fighter units in Burma and the Philippines. He has also co-authored a history of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, as well as several other works on aspects of aviation history. He is the author of Osprey Campaign Series 136: Meiktila: The Liberation of Burma, Warrior Series 141: Merrill's Marauders, Osprey Combat Aircraft Series 87: B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI, and Duel Series 41: B-24 Liberator vs. Ki-43 Hayabusa. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.

Cuprins

Organisation, Training and First Combat Cruise /Second Combat Cruise /Third Combat Cruise /Appendices