F4f Wildcat and F6f Hellcat Aces of Vf-2

The first VF-2 was a prewar unit that had been dubbed the ''hottest outfit afloat'' due to the skill of their non-commissioned pilots. This first unit only saw combat at the Battle of the Coral Sea, although VF-2 pilots flying Grumman F4F Wildcats were able to rack up 17 claims there during the bitter 48-hour period of fighting. The second ''Fighting Two'' was armed with the new Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter. Arriving in Hawaii in October 1943, the squadron so impressed Cdr Edward H ''Butch'' O''Hare, the Medal of Honor-winning first US Navy ace of World War 2, that he requested the squadron replace VF-6 in his CAG-6 aboard USS Enterprise. No unit US Navy unit created more aces than VF-2, whose pilots went into action over the Carolines, Marianas, Guam, Iwo Jima and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Using exquisite photographs and first-hand accounts from the elite fliers themselves, this volume tells the story of the ace pilots who comprised the original VF-2 and the second.>

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• Authors: Thomas Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, McKelvey Cleaver Thomas
• Assisted by: Jim Laurier (Illustration), Jim (Illustrator) Laurier (Illustration), Laurier Jim (Illustration), Mark Postlethwaite (Illustration), Mark (Cover Illustrator) Postlethwaite (Illustration), Postlethwaite Mark (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2015
• EAN: 9781472805584
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-0558-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Military / World War II, military history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Air forces & warfare, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Military aircraft