US NAVY FLOATPLANES IN ACTION 1203 Delai:3 semaines SSQ403

Name: Us navy floatplanes in action 1203
SKU: SSQ403
Price: 20.00 EUR

U.S. NAVY FLOATPLANES OF WORLD WAR II

Al ADCOCK

2006, 56 pages, format 28 x 21, photos NB et couleur, profils couleur, texte en anglais.

20,00 €

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Before the advent of radar and other electronic devices aboard warships, the jobs of seeking out the enemy and spotting naval gunfire fell to the floatplane scouts. These small 1- and 2-seat catapult-launched aircraft served aboard US Navy ships as the eyes of the fleet until mid-1949. Most battleships carried up to 4 floatplanes; cruisers with aircraft hangars could accommodate as many as 8 aircraft; destroyers, when applicable, were limited to only 1 floatplane. Curtiss-Wright was the designer of 3 of the 4 types of scout planes that served aboard US warships in WWII, a tribute to the American aviation pioneer and father of the US floatplane, Glenn Curtiss. Chance-Vought and the Naval Aircraft Factory also produced floatplanes that served the US Navy in WWII. All get detailed coverage in this volume.