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The first team : Pacific naval air combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway

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  • 940.544 L9628 (CEN)

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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.

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