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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... torpedo attack ever attempted . * At 9:15 P.M. the four PBYS took off to seek their prey . Lieutenant W. L. Richards of VP - 44 had been assigned to direct the mission from Lieutenant Hibberd's plane , 24 - P - 12 , as the flight ...
... torpedo attack ever attempted . * At 9:15 P.M. the four PBYS took off to seek their prey . Lieutenant W. L. Richards of VP - 44 had been assigned to direct the mission from Lieutenant Hibberd's plane , 24 - P - 12 , as the flight ...
Pagina 169
... torpedo run toward the carrier Junyo . The Japanese fired all available guns at him as he came boring in at deck level . About half- way to the drop point , the intense anti - aircraft fire hit his starboard engine , putting it out of ...
... torpedo run toward the carrier Junyo . The Japanese fired all available guns at him as he came boring in at deck level . About half- way to the drop point , the intense anti - aircraft fire hit his starboard engine , putting it out of ...
Pagina 170
... torpedo planes and dive bombers , they performed rescue missions and engaged in antisubmarine war- fare with considerable success . When the Japanese finally evacuated the last of their battered forces from the Aleutians in July 1943 ...
... torpedo planes and dive bombers , they performed rescue missions and engaged in antisubmarine war- fare with considerable success . When the Japanese finally evacuated the last of their battered forces from the Aleutians in July 1943 ...
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