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On 27 October 1942, four 'Long Lance' torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo exploded in the hull of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8). Minutes later, the ship that had launched the Doolitte Raid six months earlier slipped beneath the waves of the Coral Sea. Of the pre-war carrier fleet the Navy had struggled to build ... [Read More]
Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WWII Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of the pivotal battles of the Pacific War including; USS Panay, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Rabaul, Port Darwin, Indian Ocean Raid, Ceylon, Midway, Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the Kamikaze in the Phili... [Read More]
One of America's greatest military aviation historians relates the astonishing--and true--story of the only American warplane to fight in every operational theater in World War II from Pearl Harbor to Alaska and North Africa to Northern Europe.Martin Caidin was the author of over fifty books and more than a thousand magazine articles and was recogn... [Read More]
Lieutenant Samantha "Spike" Hunt thought she knew what she was getting into when she transferred from flying radar planes into F-14 Tomcat fighters. But when her aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, travels back in time to 1941, she must not only fight for her right to fly the world's best fighter plane, she must also fight in the opening air bat... [Read More]
The A6M3 Type 22 was actually built after the clipped wing Type 32. Thanks to the additional power of the sake 21 engine over the previous Sakae 12, the sake 21 did not have the same fuel consumption as the earlier version. To add to that, the new engine was longer so the forward fuselage fuel tank had to be reduced in size. This meant that the Typ... [Read More]
‘It has everything a war memoir should have’ LEN DEIGHTON‘OF ALL THE AIRCRAFT I HAD EVER SEEN, THESE WERE THE MOST WICKED-LOOKING BASTARDS. THE CORSAIR LOOKED TRULY VICIOUS …’In 1942 Norman Hanson learnt to fly the Royal Navy’s newest fighter: the US-built Chance Vought Corsair. Fast, rugged and demanding to fly, it was an intimidating ... [Read More]
Size: 3″ Package: 1pcs Backing style: Fastener hook side (Hook & Loop) This is 100% High Quality Embroidery Hook backing Perfect for your DIY Craft project You can apply it on any loop, the patch would be great on a hat, bag, movie prop or Halloween costume. Explanation: If there is no rough surface, sew and paste the rough surface of the gif... [Read More]
Finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in History"Like Lauren Hillebrand's Unbroken…Target Tokyo brings to life an indelible era." —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily BeastOn April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan’s facto... [Read More]
On his nineteenth birthday, James E. Brown tries to fake to his flight instructor that he has flown before. On his twenty-first birthday, Brown is on his way home after logging eighty-five missions in a P-47 fighter over Italy, France, and Germany.Brown’s stories surrounding his training and combat experiences in World War II reveal brushes with ... [Read More]
This is an account of the evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defense and the parallel evolution of the ships operating and controlling them, concentrating on the three main exponents of carrier warfare, the Royal Navy, the US Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy. It describes the earliest efforts from the 1920s but it was not until radar all... [Read More]
*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!*The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book.From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on Augus... [Read More]
We are pleased to offer this pack of authentic reproduction "International Aircraft Silhouette Spotter Cards," originally produced for the United States military in 1942. Box includes instruction card and two jokers, sealed, and cellophane wrapped. These are genuine Bicycle brand playing cards produced in the USA by the United States Playing Card C... [Read More]
Enjoy your family happy hours with BEDSURE plush and warm flannel fleece blankets while snuggling and watching your favorite TV shows on the couch.Bring extra soft and comfort for an afternoon nap in bed covering with our fleece blanket. Perfect for indoor and outdoor use to provide continuous warmth in chilly weather, especially for camping and pi... [Read More]
Size: 12x18 inch holiday and seasonal flags just the right size for any space, like your front yard, garden, patio, lawn, deck, office and even near your mailbox stand!
In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William Wild Bill” Donovan, now known historically as the Father of Central Intelligence,” with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road linking Burma and China by performing guerilla ope... [Read More]
Burma was at the crossroads of the action during WW2. It was the base of the heroic U.S. Flying Tigers whose shark-faced fighter planes downed 297 Japanese aircraft in Burma, Thailand and China! When Japan invaded Burma it issued its own occupation currency denominated in Rupees. This is an ACTUAL GENUINE WW2 10 RUPEE BANKNOTE from Japan-Occupied... [Read More]
The Hawker Hurricane collection is named after the Hawker Hurricane aircraft. Produced for the Royal Air Force, the Hurricane was a single seater fighter featured in the air battles of WWII. Sometimes overshadowed by the Spitfire, it was nonetheless the Hawker Hurricane which could truly claim to be the most reliable aircraft to deliver allied vict... [Read More]
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