Wildcat Aces of World War 2 by Barrett Tillman

Wildcat Aces of World War 2 by Barrett Tillman

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 *

Barrett Tillman is a professional author and speaker with more than 40 nonfiction books as well as novels to his credit.

An airbrush artist with years of experience, Chris Davey has become Osprey's principal illustrator of RAF aircraft, having produced the profiles for over a dozen books since 1994. His work includes Aces 27 and 30, and Combat Aircraft 14 and 19. He is particularly adept at 'big' aircraft like the Halifax and Sunderland.

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ISBN 13	9781855324862
ISBN 10	1855324865
Title	Wildcat Aces of World War 2
Author	Barrett Tillman
Series	Aircraft Of The Aces
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Osprey Publishing
Year published	1995-04-25
Number of pages	100
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