Corsair Aces Of World War 2
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| Author | : Mark Styling |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781855325302 |
The 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.
| Author | : Mark Styling |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Beretning om det amerikanske jagerfly F4U Corsair og piloter, der fløj det under 2. verdenskrig
| Author | : Barrett Tillman |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1996-07-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781855325968 |
Grumman'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.
| Author | : Hugh Morgan |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 159 |
| Release | : 2013-01-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472800575 |
No single volume in English has ever appeared in the West dealing with this intriguing subject area, but now that restrictions have relaxed in the former Soviet Union, records of the deeds of the elite pilots of the various Soviet Air Forces are coming to light. Although initially equipped with very poor aircraft, and robbed of effective leadership thanks as much to Stalin's purges in the late 1930s as to the efforts of the Luftwaffe, Soviet fighter pilots soon turned the tables through the use of both lend-lease aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, P-39 and P-40, and home-grown machines like the MiG-3, LaGG-3/5, Lavochkin La-5/7/9 and the Yak-1/3.
| Author | : Andrew Thomas |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 97 |
| Release | : 2013-02-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472802322 |
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.
| Author | : Barrett Tillman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Fighter pilots |
| ISBN | : 9788483722077 |
| Author | : Bruce Gamble |
| Publisher | : Presidio Press |
| Total Pages | : 562 |
| Release | : 2007-12-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0307416941 |
With their renowned squadron leader Greg “Pappy” Boyington, Marine Fighting Squadron (VMF) 214 was one of the best-known and most colorful combat units of World War II. The popular television series Baa Baa Black Sheep added to their legend—while obscuring the truly remarkable combat record of the Black Sheep and Boyington. A retired naval flight officer and former historian for the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Bruce Gamble provides a highly readable account that serves to both correct and extend the record of this premier fighting force.
| Author | : Philip Kaplan |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 403 |
| Release | : 2007-03-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473814073 |
This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary German fighter aces of World War II. It explains why only a small minority of pilots - those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything - accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. It surveys the skills that a successful fighter pilot must have - a natural aptitude for flying, marksmanship, keen eyesight - and the way in which fighter tactics have developed. The book examines the history of the classic fighter aircraft that were flown, such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke Wulf Fw 190, and examines each type's characteristics, advantages and disadvantages in combat. The accounts of the experiences of fighter pilots are based on archival research, diaries, letters, published and unpublished memoirs and personal interviews with veterans. The pilots included are Werner Molders, Gunther Rall, Adolf Galland, Erich Hartmann and Johannes Steinhoff.
| Author | : Barrett Tillman |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1995-04-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781855324862 |
Arguably 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.
| Author | : Lee Cook |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Military History |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780764339479 |
They were called the deadliest fighter squadron in action in the South Pacific; U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron Seventeen, famous with their Skull and Crossbones insignia, became one of the most successful squadrons of WWII. Flying the F4U Corsair, VF-17 shot down 152 Japanese aircraft in aerial combat in only 76 days. At the end of the war VF-17 had the top four Navy Corsair aces: Kepford, Hedrick, Blackburn, and Smith. After seventeen years of meticulous research, Lee Cook presents this new book, which is also greatly enhanced by considerable VF-17 family involvement who have supplied original material and photographs not previously appeared in previous works. The Aces of Fighting 17 has a detailed biography of each VF-17 ace and has a host of hitherto unpublished photographs
