Ebook: The First Team : Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway
Author: Lundstrom John B
- Tags: World War 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations American., World War 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean., World War 1939-1945 -- Naval operations American., Military campaigns., Military operations Aerial -- American., Military operations Naval -- American., Pacific Ocean.
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- City: Annopolis, Pacific Ocean
- Language: English
- epub
Hailed as one of the finest examples of aviation research, this comprehensive 1984 study presents a detailed and scrupulously accurate operational history of carrier-based air warfare. From the earliest operations in the Pacific through the decisive Battle of Midway, it offers a narrative account of how ace fighter pilots like Jimmy Thach and Butch O'Hare and their skilled VF squadron mates - called the ""first Read more...
Abstract: Hailed as one of the finest examples of aviation research, this comprehensive 1984 study presents a detailed and scrupulously accurate operational history of carrier-based air warfare. From the earliest operations in the Pacific through the decisive Battle of Midway, it offers a narrative account of how ace fighter pilots like Jimmy Thach and Butch O'Hare and their skilled VF squadron mates - called the ""first team""--Amassed a remarkable combat record in the face of desperate odds. Tapping both American and Japanese sources, historian John B. Lundstrom reconstructs every significant ac