Description
Book SynopsisIllustrated with colourful artworks of carrier aircraft and their markings, Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircraft deployed by the Allied navies from 1939 to 1945.
Organised chronologically by type and nationality, this book includes fighters, fighter-bombers, torpedo bombers, dive-bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, floatplanes and flying boats. All the best-known types are featured, such as the Grumman F4F Wildcat, Douglas TBD Devastator and Douglas SBD Dauntless that fought at the battle of Midway in 1942, as well as the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber that proved so effective at the Battle of Taranto in 1940 and helped sink the German battleship Bismarck in 1941. The entries are accompanied by exhaustive captions and specifications.
The guide is illustrated with profile artworks, three-views, and special cutaway artworks of the more famous aircraft in service, such as the Blackburn Skua torpedo bomber, Curtiss SB2 Helldiver dive-bomber and the Vought F4U Corsair heavy fighter.
Illustrated with more than 100 artworks, Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II is an essential reference guide for modellers and enthusiasts of military aircraft of World War II.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Fighters and Fighter-Bombers
US: Brewster Buffalo Grumman Martlet Grumman F4F Wildcat
Seversky P-35 Vought F4U Corsair Curtiss P-36 Hawk Curtiss P-40F Warhawk
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman F7F Tigercat P-47 Thunderbolt (USS Manila)
Ryan FR Fireball
UK: Fairey Fulmar Blackburn Roc Gloster Sea Gladiator Gloster Gladiator II Hawker Hurricane I (HMS Glorious)
Hawker Sea Hurricane Fairey Firefly Supermarine Seafire De Havilland Sea Hornet De Havilland Sea Mosquito
Torpedo Bombers and Dive-Bombers
US: Vought SB2U Vindicator
Northrop BT-1 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator
Douglas SBD Dauntless
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf
Grumman TBF Avenger
UK: Blackburn Skua
Fairey Swordfish
Fairey Albacore
Fairey Barracuda
Blackburn Firebrand
France: Loire-Nieuport LN.401
Latécoere 299
Reconnaissance Aircraft and Flying Boats Brewster SB2A Buccaneer
Sikorsky HNS helicopter
Curtiss SO3C Seamew
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Martin PBM Mariner
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
