Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Pacific War
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Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Pacific War
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Author : Louis B Dorny
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01-20
Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Pacific War written by Louis B Dorny and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-20 with History categories.
Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force. Its amphibious traits also made the aircraft well suited to air-sea rescue, and thousands of Allied airmen were saved from a watery grave by PBY crews. Using personal interviews, war diaries and combat reports combined with original Japanese records and books, Louis B Dorny provides a view on the role of the Catalina from both side of the war. Illustrated with over 80 photographs and colour profiles detailing aircraft markings, this is the definitive history of an insight into the PBY's use by the US Navy and Allied forces in the Pacific during World War 2.
Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Atlantic War
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Author : Ragnar J Ragnarsson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-20
Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Atlantic War written by Ragnar J Ragnarsson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-20 with History categories.
Several books have been written about US naval patrol aviation in World War 2, but none do full justice to the role played by patrol squadrons of the US Navy in the longest, most bitterly fought campaign of the war the Battle of the Atlantic. From the Arctic to the Equator, anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy patrolled both sides of the stormy Atlantic alongside their allied counterparts, escorting merchant shipping through submarine-infested waters the crucial lifeline from the United States to Great Britain and the Mediterranean, and staging troops and supplies for the ultimate liberation of North Africa and Europe. This book details the PBY Catalina, without contest the most successful flying boat ever designed, and a key element in the success of the Atlantic War.
Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Atlantic War
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Author : Ragnar J Ragnarsson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-20
Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Atlantic War written by Ragnar J Ragnarsson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-20 with History categories.
Several books have been written about US naval patrol aviation in World War 2, but none do full justice to the role played by patrol squadrons of the US Navy in the longest, most bitterly fought campaign of the war the Battle of the Atlantic. From the Arctic to the Equator, anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy patrolled both sides of the stormy Atlantic alongside their allied counterparts, escorting merchant shipping through submarine-infested waters the crucial lifeline from the United States to Great Britain and the Mediterranean, and staging troops and supplies for the ultimate liberation of North Africa and Europe. This book details the PBY Catalina, without contest the most successful flying boat ever designed, and a key element in the success of the Atlantic War.
Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Pacific War
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Author : Louis B Dorny
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-01-20
Us Navy Pby Catalina Units Of The Pacific War written by Louis B Dorny and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-20 with History categories.
Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force. Its amphibious traits also made the aircraft well suited to air-sea rescue, and thousands of Allied airmen were saved from a watery grave by PBY crews. Using personal interviews, war diaries and combat reports combined with original Japanese records and books, Louis B Dorny provides a view on the role of the Catalina from both side of the war. Illustrated with over 80 photographs and colour profiles detailing aircraft markings, this is the definitive history of an insight into the PBY's use by the US Navy and Allied forces in the Pacific during World War 2.
Pbj Mitchell Units Of The Pacific War
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Author : Jerry Scutts
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2003-12-17
Pbj Mitchell Units Of The Pacific War written by Jerry Scutts and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-17 with History categories.
Flown exclusively by the US Marines, the PBJ was one of those rare examples of an air force type being procured by the navy due to its ability to do exactly the job that was required of it. Bought as a land-based patrol bomber for operations in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II (1939-1945), the PBJ (Patrol, Bomber, North American) was kitted out to hunt down submarines as well as surface vessels. Identical to its air force counterpart, except for its ability to lay mines, deploy depth charges and launch torpedoes, some 706 PBJs were delivered to the Marine Corps from 1943-45. This book outlines the aircraft's history and technology, and takes a closer look at the men who flew it.
Pby Catalina
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Author : David Doyle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Pby Catalina written by David Doyle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Catalina (Seaplane) categories.
Flying Catalinas
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Author : Andrew Hendrie
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
Release Date : 2012-10-24
Flying Catalinas written by Andrew Hendrie and has been published by Pen and Sword Aviation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-24 with History categories.
The consolidated PBY Catalina was probably the most versatile and successful flying boat/amphibian ever built, serving not just with the US Army, Navy and Coast Guard during the Second World War, but also with the air forces of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with the Danes, Free French and Norwegians as well as in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia and elsewhere. With a remarkable lifting capacity and endurance, this long-range twin-engine aircraft could absorb a great deal of punishment and still return home after flights lasting an entire day and covering thousands of miles. It was employed as a maritime reconnaissance aircraft, as a bomber and torpedo-bomber, as an anti submarine weapon, as a mine layer, as a special operations machine and as a search-and-rescue craft by day and night. It ferried stores, mail and people - many of them sick and injured - across the world's oceans. In this book Andrew Hendrie tells the story of the "Flying Cats", of their achievements and exploits, of the heroism of many of the crews and the problems they had to endure.
On Hell S Perimeters
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Author : Don Klotz
language : en
Publisher: Eakin Press
Release Date : 2002
On Hell S Perimeters written by Don Klotz and has been published by Eakin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
VP/VPB-23, the oldest patrol squadron in the Navy, went out on three tours in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor, the Solomons, and New Hebrides, and on to the Central Pacific. The PBYs of U.S. Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron 23 sighted and tracked the Japanese fleet, supplied coastwatchers, carried out bombing raids, ferried wounded, hunted submarines, and performed air-sea rescue for island carrier strikes and the B-29s operating over Japan. This compelling history, featuring stories from participants, was written by one who was there.
Operation Squarepeg
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Author : Reg Newell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-11-28
Operation Squarepeg written by Reg Newell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-28 with History categories.
In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. The New Zealand Army's largest amphibious operation of World War II followed two weeks later. The Japanese contested the invasion with air power and inflicted heavy damage on the American cruiser USS St. Louis. After landing, the New Zealanders pushed inland and encountered fanatical Japanese defenders entrenched in thick jungle. Allied engineers--including the famed Seabees--then built airfields, roads and shipping facilities. The seizure of the Green Islands completed the encirclement of the main Japanese base in the South Pacific at Rabaul. A memorable but overlooked action of the Pacific War, "Operation Squarepeg" involved a diverse force of Allied sailors, soldiers and airmen that included Charles Lindbergh and future U.S. president Richard Nixon.
Blazing Star Setting Sun
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Author : Jeffrey Cox
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-06-25
Blazing Star Setting Sun written by Jeffrey Cox and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-25 with History categories.
From popular Pacific Theatre expert Jeffrey R. Cox comes this insightful new history of the critical Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign at the height of World War II. Cox's previous book, Morning Star, Rising Sun, had found the US Navy at its absolute nadir and the fate of the Enterprise, the last operational US aircraft carrier at this point in the war, unknown. This second volume completes the history of this crucial campaign, combining detailed research with a novelist's flair for the dramatic to reveal exactly how, despite missteps and misfortunes, the tide of war finally turned. By the end of February 1944, thanks to hard-fought and costly American victories in the first and second naval battles of Guadalcanal, the battle of Empress Augusta Bay, and the battle of Cape St George, the Japanese would no longer hold the materiel or skilled manpower advantage. From this point on, although the war was still a long way from being won, the American star was unquestionably on the ascendant, slowly, but surely, edging Japanese imperialism towards its sunset. Jeffrey Cox's analysis and attention to detail of even the smallest events are second to none. But what truly sets this book apart is how he combines this microscopic attention to detail, often unearthing new facts along the way, with an engaging style that transports the reader to the heart of the story, bringing the events on the deep blue of the Pacific vividly to life.