Osamu Tagaya

Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units (eBook, ePUB)

1937-42
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The most eagerly anticipated book in the Combat Aircraft series, this volume tells the complete combat history of Japan's most deadly ship-killing aircraft.

The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) - code named 'Val' by Allied intelligence - was the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier dive-bomber force from 1941 to 1943. It sank more Allied warship tonnage than any other Axis aircraft during World War 2. While the Val's participation in the major carrier battles has been widely covered in other English language sources, details of its operations have received scant attention in English. This book explores the Val's combat operations.

Colour illustrations and photographs complement the development of dive-bombing methods in the IJN.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780960746
• Artikelnr.: 40472675

Autorenporträt

The son of a former officer in the Japanese Naval Air Technical Arsenal, Osamu Tagaya has written a number of books on Japanese aircraft, principally for the Smithsonian Institute. Born in Japan and educated in the US, Osamu has also lived in the UK and brings unique bilingual and broad cultural perspectives to his lifelong aviation research. He lives in California, US.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One
Dive Bombing in the Imperial Japanese Navy Chapter Two
China
First Blood Chapter Three
Prelude to Pearl Harbor Chapter Four
Tora, Tora, Tora Chapter Five
Southern Advance Chapter Six
Zenith in the Indian Ocean Chapter Seven
Coral Sea
The Carriers Clash Chapter Eight
Midway and the Aleutians Appendices