Louis B Dorny

US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force.

Its amphibious traits also made the aircraft well suited to air-sea rescue, and thousands of Allied airmen were saved from a watery grave by PBY crews. Using personal interviews, war diaries and combat reports combined with original Japanese records and books, Louis B Dorny provides a view on the role of the Catalina from both side of the war.

Illustrated with over 80 photographs and colour profiles detailing aircraft markings, this is the definitive history of an insight into the PBY's use by the US Navy and Allied forces in the Pacific during World War 2.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472800541
• Artikelnr.: 40469126

Autorenporträt

Retired US Navy Cdr Louis B Dorny was an acknowledged expert on America's most famous flying-boat, the PBY Catalina, and was fascinated by its crucial employment against Japanese forces in the Pacific War. He interviewed numerous veteran crews during the course of his research over the past four decades. He sadly passed away in 2021.