Leatherneck Bombers

Author: Alan C. Carey
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764315015
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
A forceful study of an elite group of men chosen to form the U. S. Marines' only medium bomber group during WWII. Verterans recall their service flying combat missions against enemy garrisons on Bougainville and New Ireland, and later in the dramatic rocket and ground-strafing attacks in the Philippines. Detailed list of individual squadron aircraft and personnel losses, and all known PBJs assigned to units overseas.

PBJ Mitchell Units of the Pacific War

Author: Jerry Scutts
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781841765815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Flown exclusively by the US Marines, the PBJ was one of those rare examples of an air force type being procured by the navy due to its ability to do exactly the job that was required of it. Bought as a land-based patrol bomber for operations in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II (1939-1945), the PBJ (Patrol, Bomber, North American) was kitted out to hunt down submarines as well as surface vessels. Identical to its air force counterpart, except for its ability to lay mines, deploy depth charges and launch torpedoes, some 706 PBJs were delivered to the Marine Corps from 1943-45. This book outlines the aircraft's history and technology, and takes a closer look at the men who flew it.

100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation

Author: Roxanne M. Kaufman
Publisher: Department of the Navy
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
"Selection of oral histories"--CD surface.

Quantico

Author: Charles A. Fleming
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description

The Siege of Rabaul

Author: Henry Sakaida
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 9781883809096
Category : Rabaul (Papua New Guinea)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Details the ordeal of abandoned Japanese units in Rabaul on New Britain Island. Includes many rare photos.

Mushrooms of the World with Pictures to Color

Author: Jeannette Bowers
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486246434
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Almost 100 fascinating mushroom species are revealed through detailed captions and ready-to-color illustrations. Scientific and common names, countries of origin, and growing conditions are also included. List of Synonyms. Index. 39 black-and-white illustrations.

The Marine Corps Reserve

Author: United States. Marine Corps Reserve
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description

The Reluctant Raiders

Author: Alan C. Carey
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
The Reluctant Raiders is perhaps the most documented and researched book on a United States Navy land-based squadron flying the PB4Y-1 Liberator and PB4Y-2 Privateer. The final result of five years of research, the book traces the squadron's history from its commissioning in August 1943, to the final days of World War II, including: never before published combat and nose art photography; the squadron's tactical organization; a chronology of each combat aircrew's mission record; personnel killed in action; and an appendix containing Japanese shipping and aircraft destroyed or damaged by the squadron

We Flew Alone

Author: Alan C. Carey
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9780764311703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
We Flew Alone: United States Navy B-24 Liberator Squadrons in the Pacific: February 1943 to September 1944, is the first comprehensive book written on the operations of Navy B-24 Liberator squadrons in the Pacific War. In this first of two volumes, Alan C. Carey, the author of the Reluctant Raiders: The Story of United States Navy Bombing Squadron VB/VPB-109 in World War II, examines the formation and use of the B-24 Liberator by the United States Navy. From the birth of the first squadron and their deployment to Guadalcanal in early 1943 to the squadrons that participated in the Central Pacific campaign, every Navy Liberator squadron is discussed in detail.

Above an Angry Sea

Author: Alan C. Carey
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
Above an Angry Sea chronicles USN B-24 Liberator (PB4Y-1) and PB4Y-2 Privateer operations in the Pacific. The author's previous book, We Flew Alone, discussed the Navy's use of the B-24 Liberator from February 1943 to September 1944. He now examines in dramatic detail the use of the B-24 and PB4Y-2 during the last eleven months of the war against Japan. The author has collected personal stories, over 200 photographs, a tabulation of all aerial kills credited to PB4Y patrol plane commanders, a roster of all personnel killed in action or in the line of duty, individual squadron records, and a list of all known B-24 Liberators and PB4Y-2 Privateers assigned to the Pacific between 1943 and 1945.