Although designed in the mid-1930s and in squadron service several years prior to the Pearl Harbor attack; the PBY Catalina proved its soundness in combat throughout the four years that World War II raged across the Pacific. Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter; the PBY 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 sides of the war. Illustrated with over 80 photographs and color profiles detailing aircraft markings; this is the definitive history of and insight into the PBY's use by the US Navy and Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II (1939-1945).
#2436281 in Books Caxton Editions 2004-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.75 x 10.00 x 1.00l; #File Name: 1840673613192 pages
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