Wildcat Aces of World War 2
Barrett Tillman author Mark Styling illustrator Mike Chappell illustrator Chris Davey illustrator John Weal illustrator Iain Wyllie illustrator Keith Fretwell illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:25th Apr '95
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Focuses on the American air aces who flew the Grumman Wildcat in America's hasty defence against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. This book covers the bloody battles at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal, and examines in detail their tactics and their secrets of survival and success.
An account of the aces that flew this important piston-engined, single-seat fighter with the US Navy and Marine Corps: the aesthetically inelegant F4F Wildcat.
Thrown into combat at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal, the handful of Wildcat units of the Navy and Marine Corps took on large numbers of fighters and bombers and came out victorious. On the European front, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm also put the fighter to effective use from escort carriers, protecting Atlantic convoys from Luftwaffe attacks.
This superb book by Barrett Tillman details the Wildcat aces, begriming with the early pre-war development of the F-4F and the inauspicious start - begriming with the loss of six Wildcats flying to Ford Island on the evening of December 7, 1941, two were shot down by friendly fire in the aftermath of the surprise attack on the harbor. * www.pacificwrecks.com *
ISBN: 9781855324862
Dimensions: 248mm x 184mm x 7mm
Weight: 326g
100 pages