Book
The first team : Pacific naval air combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway
Edition
1st Naval Institute Press pbk. ed.
Publication Information
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2005.
Physical Description
xxi, 547 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
- Pt. 1. The early operations. Introduction to war
- "We are in great need of a victory." The Wake Island Operation
- Interregnum
- "This Sunday it's our turn to shoot!" The 1 February raids
- The Battle off Bougainville: fighting three in the South Pacific
- The Enterprise's Central Pacific raids
- The Lae-Salamaua Raid
- The Tokyo Raid
- pt. 2. The Battle of the Coral Sea. Prelude to battle
- Opening shots
- 7 May 1942
- The carrier battle of 8 May
- Coral Sea aftermath
- pt. 3. The Battle of Midway. Getting ready for Midway
- The battle of 4 June
- Midway: the pursuit
- The "first team" graduates
- Midway lessons: the F4F-4 controversy
- pt. 5. Conclusion
- Appendices. The making of carrier fighter pilots
- Fundamentals of aerial fixed gunnery
- Fighting colors, insignia, and markings
- Naval flight formations and the "thach weave"
- Japanese combat methods
- List of U.S. Navy fighter pilots
- Bureau numbers of fighter aircraft.