Bellcat Aces of World War II

Informationen zum Autor Barrett Tillman is a professional author and speaker with more than 40 nonfiction books as well as novels to his credit. He holds seven awards for history and literature including the 1996 Tailhook Association Lifetime Achievement Award and third place in the US Naval Institute Prize in 2009. Tillman has appeared in more than a dozen documentaries including The History Channel's Dogfights . Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Described as a rugged, dependable workhorse of a fighter, this book examines the US-built Hellcat, which went on to achieve a kill-to-loss ratio of 8 to 1. The Hellcat was the chosen plane of over 250 US Navy aces. Inhaltsverzeichnis Ace Maker The Year of Decision To the Philippines Tokyo Bound Fleet Air Arm and Anvil-Dragoon End Game Wartime History of VF-19 Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Barrett Tillman, Tillman Barrett
• Assisted by: Mark Styling (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.1996
• EAN: 9781855325968
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-596-8
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 249 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Osprey aircraft of the aces; Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.; Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey); Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.; Osprey Aircraft of the Aces
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History: specific events and topics, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Weapons and equipment, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General