Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver

F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat Aces of VF-2 (eBook, PDF)

Illustrator: Laurier, Jim; Postlethwaite, Mark

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The first VF-2 was a prewar unit that had been dubbed the 'hottest outfit afloat' due to the skill of their non-commissioned pilots. This first unit only saw combat at the Battle of the Coral Sea, although VF-2 pilots flying Grumman F4F Wildcats were able to rack up 17 claims there during the bitter 48-hour period of fighting. The second 'Fighting Two' was armed with the new Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter. Arriving in Hawaii in October 1943, the squadron so impressed Cdr Edward H 'Butch' O'Hare, the Medal of Honor-winning first US Navy ace of World War 2, that he requested the squadron replace VF-6 in his CAG-6 aboard USS Enterprise. No unit US Navy unit created more aces than VF-2, whose pilots went into action over the Carolines, Marianas, Guam, Iwo Jima and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Using exquisite photographs and first-hand accounts from the elite fliers themselves, this volume tells the story of the ace pilots who comprised the original VF-2 and the second.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472805591
• Artikelnr.: 44816222

Autorenporträt

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with his most recent work being the best-selling Osprey titles MiG Alley (2019), I Will Run Wild (2020), Under the Southern Cross (2021), The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club (2021), Going Downtown (2022), The Cactus Air Force (2022) alongside the late Eric Hammel, and most recently Clean Sweep (2023). Tom served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction CHAPTER ONE 19 JUNE 1944 CHAPTER TWO THE 'FLYING CHIEFS'
CHAPTER THREE 'RAMSEY'S LAMBSIES' CHAPTER FOUR 'THE RIPPERS' CHAPTER FIVE
WESTPAC CHAPTER SIX 'HEY RUBE!' CHAPTER SEVEN PACIFIC HIGH TIDE Appendices
Colour plates Commentary Index