Aichi 99 Kanbaku Val Units: 1937 1942

Informationen zum Autor The son of a former officer in the Japanese Naval Air Technical Arsenal, Osamu Tagaya has written a number of books on Japanese aircraft, principally for the Smithsonian Institute. Born in Japan and educated in the US, Osamu has also lived in the UK and brings unique bilingual and broad cultural perspectives to his lifelong aviation research. He lives in California, US. Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974–78, and since graduating with Honours, he has 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. Klappentext The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) - code named 'Val' by Allied intelligence - was the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier dive-bomber force from 1941 to 1943. It sank more Allied warship tonnage than any other Axis aircraft during World War II (1939-1945). While the Val's participation in the major carrier battles has been widely covered in other English language sources, details of its operations have received scant attention in English. This book explores the Val's combat operations. Colour illustrations and photographs complement the development of dive-bombing methods in the IJN. Zusammenfassung The most eagerly anticipated book in the Combat Aircraft series, this volume tells the complete combat history of Japan's most deadly ship-killing aircraft. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One - Dive Bombing in the Imperial Japanese Navy Chapter Two - China - First Blood Chapter Three - Prelude to Pearl Harbor Chapter Four - Tora, Tora, Tora Chapter Five - Southern Advance Chapter Six - Zenith in the Indian Ocean Chapter Seven - Coral Sea - The Carriers Clash Chapter Eight - Midway and the Aleutians Appendices ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tagaya Osamu, Osamu Tagaya, Tagaya Osamu
• Con la collaborazione di: Jim Laurier (Illustrazione), Jim (Illustrator) Laurier (Illustrazione), Laurier Jim (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.12.2011
• EAN: 9781841769127
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-912-7
• Pagine: 96
• Dimensioni: 185 mm x 248 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Japan, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Air forces & warfare, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949