This book examines the role of the Grumman F4F Wildcat, the US
Navy’s standard carrier fighter at the start of the Pacific War,
and its clashes against the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force’s
Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen. The US Navy went to war in December 1941
with the tubby Wildcat, the first of Grumman’s famed ‘cats’,
as its principal carrier fighter. Ruggedly built and well armed,
the F4F’s performance was inferior to the Japanese Zero-sen, yet
in the carrier battles of 1942 between the US Navy and the IJN the
Wildcat pilots more than held their own against some of the finest
naval aviators in the world. Many of the Wildcat pilots that saw
action in the South Pacific comprised what respected naval
historian John Lundstrom has called the ‘First Team’ – the
small group of highly trained prewar pilots who manned the bulk of
the US Navy’s carrier fighter squadrons. Illustrated with
specially commissioned artwork, including armament views and ribbon
diagrams, the book examines the carrier battles that took place in
August and October in the South Pacific around the first American
offensive of the war – the amphibious assault on the island of
Guadalcanal, and the actions of the Wildcat in combat with IJN
carrier aircraft. The key combat actions are described and
accompanied with rare and original photographs and diagrams, as are
the training and tactics that contributed to the Wildcat’s
success.
General
Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Dogfight |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Edward M. Young
|
Illustrators: |
Gareth Hector
(Illustrator)
|
Dimensions: |
248 x 184 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
80 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4728-5486-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-4728-5486-1 |
Barcode: |
9781472854865 |
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