Ebook: Black Cat Raiders of WW II
Author: Knott Richard C
- Tags: United States. -- Army Air Forces -- History -- World War 1939-1945., World War 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations American., World War 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean., HISTORY -- Military -- World War II., United States. -- Army Air Forces., Military operations Aerial -- American., Pacific Ocean.
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- City: Annopolis, Pacific Ocean
- Language: English
- epub
Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted black and hunting at night, the Black Cats, as they were called, are credited with sinking or disabling hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo vessels, troop transports, and warships. Curiously their exploits were known to Read more...
Abstract: Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted black and hunting at night, the Black Cats, as they were called, are credited with sinking or disabling hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo vessels, troop transports, and warships. Curiously their exploits were known to few outside the naval aviation community until the publication of this book in 1981. This testimonial to their magnificent performance is told by an experienced flying boat pilot, wh