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US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Helicopters & Miscellaneous

Last Stocked on 4/28/2020

Product Info

Title
US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War
Publisher
Category
Author
Louis Dorny
Publish Year
2007
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.33"
NKG Part #
2147394248
MFG. Part #
OSPCOM062
Type
Softcover
Series
COM62

Description

Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force. Its amphibious traits also made the aircraft well suited to air-sea rescue, and thousands of Allied airmen were saved from a watery grave by PBY crews. Using personal interviews, war diaries and combat reports combined with original Japanese records and books, Louis B Dorny provides a view on the role of the Catalina from both side of the war. Illustrated with over 80 photographs and color profiles detailing aircraft markings, this is the definitive history of an insight into the PBY's use by the US Navy and Allied forces in the Pacific during World War 2.