US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War

AvLouis B Dorny

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-03
Mått:180 x 244 x 6 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Combat Aircraft
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustratör:Jim Laurier
ISBN:9781841769110

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Retired US Navy Cdr Louis B Dorny was an acknowledged expert on America’s most famous flying-boat, the PBY Catalina, and was fascinated by its crucial employment against Japanese forces in the Pacific War. He interviewed numerous veteran crews during the course of his research over the past four decades. He sadly passed away in 2021.Jim Laurier attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974–78 and has since been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon. Jim is a Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the New York Society of Illustrators and the American Fighter Aces Association.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionWar comes to HawaiiThe Philippines and South-west PacificThe AleutiansMidwayGuadalcanalUp the Solomons ChainAcross the PacificOn to the EndAppendices