Mark Chambers

Wings of the Rising Sun (eBook, PDF)

Uncovering the Secrets of Japanese Fighters and Bombers of World War II

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating insight into how the Allies learned about the capabilities and limitations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force and Japanese Army Air Force through flight testing and evaluation of enemy equipment.

In the Pacific War's early years, Japanese air power was dominant. The only way for the Allies to defeat their enemy was to know it. This made the task of maintaining productive intelligence gathering efforts on Japan imperative.

Establishing Technical Air Intelligence Units in the Pacific Theatre and the Technical Air Intelligence Center in Washington DC, the Allies were able to begin to reveal the secrets of Japanese air power through extensive flight testing and evaluation of captured enemy aircraft and equipment. These provided an illuminating perspective on Japanese aircraft and aerial weapon design philosophy and manufacturing practice.

Fully illustrated throughout with a wealth of previously unpublished photographs, Mark Chambers explores Allied efforts to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Japanese air power during the war years, and how this intelligence helped them achieve victory in the Pacific.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472823717
• Artikelnr.: 54217546

Autorenporträt

Mark Chambers is an avid World War 2 aviation enthusiast and aviation history author. He has studied World War 2 military aviation, with a keen interest in the air war in the Pacific, extensively. He is the author of Arcadia Publishing's Images of Aviation: Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center (2007) and Images of Aviation: Naval Air Station Patuxent River (2014). In addition, he is the author of The Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society's Engineering Test Pilot: The Exceptional Career of John P. 'Jack' Reeder (2007) and NASA Langley's From Research to Relevance: Significant Achievements in Aeronautical Research at NASA Langley, 1917 - 2002 (2002). He also co-authored with his father, Joseph R Chambers, a detailed book covering the history of radical aircraft designs and wind tunnels tested at the NASA Langley Research Center entitled Radical Wings and Wind Tunnels (Specialty Press Publication) (2008). He works as a government contractor technical editor for the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Allied Technical Air Intelligence Units (TAIU)
The establishment of TAIU and their bases. Chapter 2: Flight Testing and Evaluating Captured Japanese World War 2 Fighters
Flight Testing and Evaluating Koga's Zero
sen
Flight Testing and Evaluation at NAS San Diego, California
Flight Testing and Evaluation at NAS Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
Wind
Tunnel Testing and Ground Static Evaluation at NACA Langley, Hampton, Virginia
Flight Testing and Evaluation at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
Allied TAIU South East Asia and RAF/USAAF Evaluations
TAIU for the South West Pacific Area (TAIU
SWPA) and US Navy/USAAF Evaluations
TAIC Evaluations Chapter 3: Flight Testing and Evaluating Captured Japanese Bombers
TAIU Southwest Asia
RAF/USAAF Evaluations
TAIU for the SWPA
US Navy/USAAF Evaluations
TAIC Evaluations Chapter 4: Flight Testing and Evaluating Captured Japanese Seaplanes and Flying Boats
TAIU Southwest Asia
RAF/USAAF Evaluations
TAIU for the SWPA
US Navy/USAAF Evaluations
TAIC Evaluations Chapter 5: Flight Testing and Evaluating Captured Japanese Transports
TAIU Southwest Asia
RAF/USAAF Evaluations
TAIU for the SWPA
US Navy/USAAF Evaluations
TAIC Evaluations Chapter 6: Flight Testing and Evaluating Captured Japanese Turbojet and Rocket
Powered Aircraft
TAIU Southwest Asia
RAF/USAAF Evaluations
TAIU for the SWPA
US Navy/USAAF Evaluations
TAIC Evaluations
US Army/US Navy findings at Japanese aircraft manufacturing facilities and military bases Chapter 7: Evaluating Japanese Special Weapons
TAIU Southwest Asia
RAF/USAAF Evaluations
TAIU for the SWPA
US Navy/USAAF Evaluations
TAIC Evaluations
Survey of US Intelligence Report findings Chapter 8: What the Allies Gained from Evaluations of Captured Japanese Aircraft
Determination of strengths and weaknesses of Japanese aircraft and aerial weapons
Enabled Allies to develop tactics for combating and defeating Japanese aerial threats
Provided invaluable insight into Japanese aircraft and aerial weapon design philosophy and manufacturing practices
Provided a valuable status of the state of Japanese aeronautics technology development and advancement during World War 2 Chapter 9: Where are they Now?
Japanese aircraft scrapped in US when no longer needed
Paul Garber (Smithsonian) stored many examples
Refurbished Japanese aircraft that were once US flight
test subjects
Refurbished Japanese aircraft that were once Allied flight
test subjects on display in Great Britain Appendices
Roster of Japanese captured test aircraft in the United States and abroad, with disposition where known
List of key American reports and evaluations of Japanese aircraft and aerial weapons technologies. Index