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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... attack anything carrying the red ball insignia of Japan , including cruisers , destroyers , submarines , airfields and ground installations , and other aircraft . They became dive bombers and torpedo planes , and they took on all ...
... attack anything carrying the red ball insignia of Japan , including cruisers , destroyers , submarines , airfields and ground installations , and other aircraft . They became dive bombers and torpedo planes , and they took on all ...
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... attack . ( U.S. Navy ) the others . After the second attack , the word was relayed that the two aircraft previously reported flyable at Kaneohe had also been hit and knocked out of commission . * At Ford Island , the one remaining ...
... attack . ( U.S. Navy ) the others . After the second attack , the word was relayed that the two aircraft previously reported flyable at Kaneohe had also been hit and knocked out of commission . * At Ford Island , the one remaining ...
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... attack the Japanese force spotted earlier in the day , which was now steaming steadily toward them from the southwest . Ground crews began to load each " Cat " with a Mark XIII tor- pedo for the first airborne night torpedo attack ever ...
... attack the Japanese force spotted earlier in the day , which was now steaming steadily toward them from the southwest . Ground crews began to load each " Cat " with a Mark XIII tor- pedo for the first airborne night torpedo attack ever ...
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CHAPTER THREE The Nancy Boats | 39 |
CHAPTER FOUR The Roaring Twenties | 59 |
CHAPTER EIGHT The Warboats | 141 |
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