Corsair The F4U in World War II and Korea
by Tillman, Barrett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870211315
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211317
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About This Item
Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First. Hardcover. 0870211315 . Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is flap-intact, clean with light edgewear, now protected within mylar cover.; 0.9 x 9.32 x 6.31 Inches; This is the remarkable story of an airplane that became a legend--with a sleek silhouette and bent wings, it doubled as a day and night fighter, could fly off carriers or from land, and served both as a dive bomber and reconnaissance plane. Filled with facts and figures, this fast-paced history begins with the nerve-wracking test flights of the 1940s and concludes with the F4Us that were active thirty-eight years later. Placed skillfully in between are the stories that gave birth to the legend: the exploits of the aces, including the Medal of Honor recipient who shot down twenty-five enemy planes, and the details of the combat missions of Charles A. Lindbergh. During thirty months of combat in World War II with the U.S. Navy and Marines, the Corsair shot down more than two thousand Japanese planes. In Korea the U-bird, as it was called, was credited with ten aerial victories. <P>A trip down memory lane for anyone who has followed the career of this Cadillac of the props, this new paperback edition of a book first published in hardcover in 1979 offers fine historical aviation reading that presents a riveting picture of the men and machine that helped win two wars. .
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- Bookseller
- Books On The Boulevard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62048
- Title
- Corsair The F4U in World War II and Korea
- Author
- Tillman, Barrett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0870211315
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211317
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0870211315
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War 2;
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