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US Navy and Marine Corps Fighters

US Navy and Marine Corps Fighters

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{detailed description}World War Two Aircraft Fact Files
Of the thirteen types of aircraft described in this Fact File, which were either in service with or developed for the U.S. Navy in the period 1941-1945, only three played a major role in combat operations, these being the Grumman F4F Wildcat, Grumman F6F Hellcat and Chance Vought F4U Corsair. The fourth, the Brewster F2A Buffalo, was significant as the first monoplane to enter service with the U.S. Navy, but most of its combat use was in the hands of other services, as described. The other nine types either failed to pass the prototype testing stage and achieve production, or entered production too late to see active service, but it is noteworthy that one of these fighters, the McDonnell Phantom, was the first jet fighter for the U.S. Navy; thus, the service that entered the war in December 1941 with its first monoplane fighter still in service, ended it less than four years later with its first jet fighter being readied for operations.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by William Green and Gordon Swanborough
published by Macdonald and Jane's 1976 1st edn. 68pp profusely illustrated with b&w photos, cutaway drawings, 3-view drawings, and colour profile artwork 20x26 card covers
{condition}near fine
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