The American Flying Boat: An Illustrated HistoryNaval Institute Press, 1979 - 262 pagine First published in 1979, this fully illustrated study includes complete data on all of the Navy's flying boats since 1912. |
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... World War II was perhaps the finest hour of the American flying boat , it was also the beginning of the end for them . The increasing availability of hard - surfaced airfields brought about by the war , and the advantages of oper- ating ...
... World War II was perhaps the finest hour of the American flying boat , it was also the beginning of the end for them . The increasing availability of hard - surfaced airfields brought about by the war , and the advantages of oper- ating ...
Pagina 160
... World War II , for at 6:33 A.M. Tanner and Greevy sighted what appeared to be the periscope and part of the conning tower of a small submarine , about a mile or more off the entrance to Pearl Harbor . They marked the sub's position with ...
... World War II , for at 6:33 A.M. Tanner and Greevy sighted what appeared to be the periscope and part of the conning tower of a small submarine , about a mile or more off the entrance to Pearl Harbor . They marked the sub's position with ...
Pagina 254
... WW II On . " August 1961 . Van Vleet , Clarke . " Beer Bottles , Bombs , and Battles . " June 1972 . Van Vleet , Clarke . " South Pacific Saga . " February 1977 . " VP - Flying Boat Years . " July 1961 . Poling , George E. " On The ...
... WW II On . " August 1961 . Van Vleet , Clarke . " Beer Bottles , Bombs , and Battles . " June 1972 . Van Vleet , Clarke . " South Pacific Saga . " February 1977 . " VP - Flying Boat Years . " July 1961 . Poling , George E. " On The ...
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