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Night Cats and Corsairs: The Operational History of Grumman and Vought Night Fighter Aircraft • 1942-1953
Alan C. Carey
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Description for Night Cats and Corsairs: The Operational History of Grumman and Vought Night Fighter Aircraft • 1942-1953
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJPG; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1296.
The threat of enemy aircraft striking American naval forces at night with impunity during World War II led the Navy to seek fighter aircraft capable of stopping this threat. Trace the history of radar-equipped night fighter aircraft produced for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by the American aircraft companies Grumman and Vought before the arrival of jets with nocturnal capabilities. World War II squadrons operated night variants of the Vought F4U-2 Corsair and Grumman F6F-3/5N Hellcat while post-war night fighter units were equipped with the Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat and/or Vought F4U-5N/NL. Night Cats and Corsairs contains never before published ... Read more
The threat of enemy aircraft striking American naval forces at night with impunity during World War II led the Navy to seek fighter aircraft capable of stopping this threat. Trace the history of radar-equipped night fighter aircraft produced for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by the American aircraft companies Grumman and Vought before the arrival of jets with nocturnal capabilities. World War II squadrons operated night variants of the Vought F4U-2 Corsair and Grumman F6F-3/5N Hellcat while post-war night fighter units were equipped with the Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat and/or Vought F4U-5N/NL. Night Cats and Corsairs contains never before published ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764343735
SKU
V9780764343735
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About Alan C. Carey
Alan C. Carey is an American historian and author specializing in military aviation topics. His interest in military aviation stems from his father’s service in World War II who was the inspiration for his first book. Carey graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Political ... Read more
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