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Arguably the most important piston-engined single-seat fighter design ever to see service with the US Navy and Marine Corps, the aesthetically inelegant F4F Wildcat achieved much acclaim during its bloody frontline career. Thrown into combat at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal, the handful of Wildcat units of the Navy and Marine Corps took on large numbers of fighters and bombers and came out victorious. On the European front, the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm also put the fighter to effective use from escort carriers, protecting Atlantic convoys from Luftwaffe attacks.

Table of Contents

Pre-War Naval Aviation and Early Campaigns/Midway/Guadalcanal/On the Offensive/Torch and Leader/The Eastern Wildcat/Fleet Air Arm/Training/Victory Credits and Wildcat Evaluation/Appendices

Product details

Published Apr 25 1995
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 100
ISBN 9781855324862
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 3
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Barrett Tillman

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Keith Fretwell

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John Weal

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Mike Chappell

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Mark Styling

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