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

B-25 Mitchell

Author: David Doyle
Publisher: MMD-Squadron Signal
ISBN: 9780897476256
Category : Mitchell (Bomber)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The North American B-25 Mitchell was one of the premier US warplanes of WWII. It gained immortality early in the US involvement in the war when a small group of B-25Bs under Lt Col. Jimmy Doolittle took off from the deck of the USS Hornet and executed a surprise attack on military targets on the Japanese island of Honshu. Subsequently, Mitchells saw service in every theater of war, doing duty as tactical bombers, coastal patrol aircraft, photo-reconnaissance and photo-mapping planes, and, when fitted with additional guns and rockets, superb ground- and shipping-attack platforms. The US supplied B-25s to the British Royal Air Force and to the Soviet Union, which flew them against the Nazis on the Eastern Front. The career of the Mitchell is covered from the experimental NA-40 prototype to the final production B-25J model. US Marine Corps PBJ versions are also chronicled. Eight all-new pages of photos and information fill out this latest edition.

Industrial Flying

Author: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description