Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units

1937-42

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Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units

1937-42

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The most eagerly anticipated book in the Combat Aircraft series, this volume tells the complete combat history of Japan's most deadly ship-killing aircraft.

The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) – code named 'Val' by Allied intelligence – was the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier dive-bomber force from 1941 to 1943. It sank more Allied warship tonnage than any other Axis aircraft during World War 2. While the Val's participation in the major carrier battles has been widely covered in other English language sources, details of its operations have received scant attention in English. This book explores the Val's combat operations.

Colour illustrations and photographs complement the development of dive-bombing methods in the IJN.

Table of Contents

Chapter One – Dive Bombing in the Imperial Japanese Navy
Chapter Two – China – First Blood
Chapter Three – Prelude to Pearl Harbor
Chapter Four – Tora, Tora, Tora
Chapter Five – Southern Advance
Chapter Six – Zenith in the Indian Ocean
Chapter Seven – Coral Sea – The Carriers Clash
Chapter Eight – Midway and the Aleutians

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Product details

Published 20 Feb 2013
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781780960739
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 21 b/w
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 63
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Osamu Tagaya

The son of a former officer in the Japanese Naval…

Illustrator

Jim Laurier

Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives i…

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