Night Cats and Corsairs: The Operational History of Grumman and Vought Night Fighter Aircraft 1942-1953
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| Title | : | Night Cats and Corsairs: The Operational History of Grumman and Vought Night Fighter Aircraft 1942-1953 |
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (876 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764343734 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-28 |
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The threat of Japanese aircraft striking American naval forces at night with impunity during World War II led the Navy to seek fighter aircraft capable of stopping this threat. Trace the history of radar-equipped night fighter aircraft produced for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by the American aircraft companies Grumman and Vought before the arrival of jets with nocturnal capabilities. World War II squadrons operated night variants of the Vought F4U-2 Corsair and Grumman F6F-3/5N Hellcat while post-war night fighter units were equipped with the Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat and/or Vought F4U-5N/NL. Night Cats and Corsairs contains never before published color and black and white photographs covering the night variants of the F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat, F4U-2 and F4U-5N/NL Corsairs.
Editorial : "The training and combat operations is described in great and exciting detail. It was a pleasure to read, and I found the many stories of night aerial combat exciting and well done. I highly recommend this book to all historians."-The Hook: Journal of Carrier Aviation, Summer 2014
This book will prove a rich resource for anyone who enjoys racing, no matter "favorites.". Unfortunately, the author fails to take good advantage of the book's "white space" to illuminate the reader. A very good book on the Ford's racing history. Navy and Marine Corps aviators during World War II. Since that slow trek up the mountain, he has told several, including a novel that won first place among 750 entries. Navy fighter aircraft, F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, and the less well known Grumman F7F Tigercat and Grumman F8F Bearcat (neither of which saw combat during World War II), and for its torpedo bomber TBF Avenger. Forgotten, perhaps, may be his innovation of the criminal pre-trial conference, which he established as a young judge in Alhambra, later copied by courts statewide. Carey's book is an excellent chronicle of the USN and USMC night fighting history of the Grumman Hellcat and Vought Corsair fighters both in World War II and the Korean War. I wouldn't say the wording is the
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