U.S. Navy Carrier Bombers of World War II
Author: Lou Drendel
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780897471954
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U. S. Navy Dive and Torpedo Bombers of World War II
Author: Barrett Tillman Robert L. Lawson
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781610607643
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With their stout airframes, innovative airbrakes and near-vertical dive capabilities, U.S. Navy torpedo and dive bombers rendered Japanese deck gunners nearly defenseless and played a crucial role in Allied victory. Remarkable period color photography and quotes and anecdotes from pilots and crewmembers relate the stories behind Navy dive bombers. Included in the collection are the legendary SBD ("Slow But Deadly") Dauntless, SBC Helldiver, TBD Devastator and TBF and TBM Avengers. In addition to depicting the aircraft, photos show American airmen testing and training, while first-person accounts tell of missions against Japanese vessels.
U. S. Navy and Marine Carrier-Based Aircraft of World War II.
Carrier Operations in World War II
Author: David Brown
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Royal Navy s Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force into a powerful strategic weapon during World War II, with British carrier-based aircraft fighting throughout the world. This complete history describes their activities in the Home, Mediterranean, Eastern, and British Pacific Fleets, together with forces created for specific operations, and lists aircraft and units embarked during the various phases. The author also covers carrier operations in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945, noting that both the U.S. Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy watched the Royal Navy s early carrier operations in the European Theatre and benefited from the lessons. This work combines material from two earlier studies by J. D. Brown and adds information the author was compiling for a third volume at the time of his death.
U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II
Author: Barrett Tillman
Publisher: Specialty Press (MN)
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →US Navy Fighter Squadrons In World War IITillmanSubtitled: Chronologies, Deployments, Combat Records. This first-ever chronology of VF squadrons describes their history, deployments, battle highlights, commanders, aces, losses and aircraft. Appendices supply information on shoot down claims, biographies of 12 famous aces, a list of 371 naval fighter aces, aces in a day, top scoring squadrons, and more. Hdbd., 7 1/4x 1 1/2, 16 pgs., 65 bandw ill.
Carrier Strike
Author: Donald Nijboer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-12-15
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 0811772950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Among many other developments, World War II saw naval warfare shift from the battleship to the aircraft carrier, which remains one of the iconic weapons of the war and the core of modern battle fleets. Developed in the 1920s and 1930s, the aircraft carrier came into its own in World War II and featured prominently in numerous battles, including the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, and Leyte Gulf. Later in the war, with many of its own carriers destroyed and its carrier-borne air force crippled, the Japanese relied on kamikazes to replace its aerial strike force and to attack the United States’ carrier force, and the United States used its carriers to attack the Japanese homeland. In this photo history, Donald Nijboer traces the history of aircraft carriers, from their early development just after World War I, to the Japanese carrier-borne attack on Pearl Harbor, through the great battles of the Pacific War, which featured some of military history’s great ships: the Yorktown, the Enterprise, the Hornet, the Lexington, and other vessels. Special sections cover British carrier operations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as the limited carrier operations of the German Navy, including the Graf Zeppelin.
US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942–45
Author: Mark Stille
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-05-20
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 1780967519
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Aircraft carriers were the US Navy's principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War. Development of the Essex class began in 1939, becoming the largest class of carrier ever to be built. Early in the Pacific War it became renowned for its 'Sunday Punch' of 36 fighter planes, 36 dive bombers, and 18 torpedo planes. Alongside the lighter Independence class, these carriers formed the formidable Fast Carrier Force in the Pacific. Featuring artwork detailing the interior and exterior features of the ships, this book explores their design, development, and the action they saw in the Pacific, including the climactic battles of Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa.
TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy
Author: Barrett Tillman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-11-20
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1782006567
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The first monoplane aircraft ordered by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber. Just 129 were built, and when it entered service it was the most modern aircraft of its type anywhere in the world. Its only real taste of action came on 4 June 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, when 35 were shot down in a clash with Japanese A6M Zero fighters. The aircraft was replaced by the Grumman Avenger weeks later.
US Navy Aircraft Carriers 1942–45
Author: Mark Stille
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-05-20
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1780968108
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Aircraft carriers were the US Navy's principal weapon against Japan during the Pacific War. Development of the Essex class began in 1939, becoming the largest class of carrier ever to be built. Early in the Pacific War it became renowned for its 'Sunday Punch' of 36 fighter planes, 36 dive bombers, and 18 torpedo planes. Alongside the lighter Independence class, these carriers formed the formidable Fast Carrier Force in the Pacific. Featuring artwork detailing the interior and exterior features of the ships, this book explores their design, development, and the action they saw in the Pacific, including the climactic battles of Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, and Okinawa.
US Navy Carrier Air Groups, Pacific, 1941-45
Author: René J. Francillon
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780850452914
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book traces the combat histories of the US Navy carrier air groups that operated in the Pacific Theatre of World War 2. Major aircraft types are all covered, and their missions are detailed. Aircraft markings and aircrew uniforms are shown in full colour illustrations.
