Download or read book Japanese Air Forces Over the NWA 1942 1945 written by Robert Neville Alford and published by . This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Darwin 1942 written by Bob Alford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the devastating raids on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, lightning advances by Japanese forces throughout the Pacific and the Far East, and a desperate battle by the Allied command in the Dutch East Indies, it became evident that an attack on Australia was more a matter of 'when' and not 'if'. On 19 February, just eleven weeks after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and two weeks after the fall of Singapore, the same Japanese battle group that had attacked Hawaii was ordered to attack the ill-prepared and under-defended Australian port of Darwin. Publishing 75 years after this little-known yet devastating attack, this fully illustrated study details what happened on that dramatic day in 1942 with the help of contemporary photographs, maps, and profiles of the commanders and machines involved in the assault.
Download or read book P 40E Warhawk vs A6M2 Zero sen written by Peter Ingman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The P-40E Warhawk is often viewed as one of the less successful American fighter designs of World War II, but in 1942 the aircraft was all that was available to the USAAC in-theatre. Units equipped with the aircraft were duly forced into combat against the deadly A6M2 Zero-sen, which had already earned itself a near-mythical reputation following its exploits over China and Pearl Harbor. During an eight-month period in 1942, an extended air campaign was fought out between the two fighters for air superiority over the Javanese and then northern Australian skies. During this time, the P-40Es and the Zero-sens regularly clashed without interference from other fighter types. In respect to losses, the Japanese 'won' these engagements, for many more P-40Es were shot down than Zero-sens. However, the American Warhawks provided a potent deterrent that forced the IJNAF to attack from high altitudes, where crews' bombing efficiency was much poorer. Fully illustrated throughout, and supported by rare and previously unpublished photographs, this book draws on both American and Japanese sources to tell the full story of the clashes between these iconic two fighters in Darwin and the East Indies.
Download or read book Japanese Navy and Army Air Forces written by Robert Neville Alford and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Japanese Air Forces in World War II written by Hippocrene Books, Incorporated and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spitfire VC vs A6M2 3 Zero sen written by Peter Ingman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires. A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a gruelling campaign between evenly matched foes, fought in isolation from the main South Pacific battlegrounds. Pilots on either side had significant combat experience, including a number of Battle of Britain veterans. The Spitfire had superior flight characteristics but was hampered by short range and material defects in the tropical conditions, while the Japanese employed better tactics and combat doctrine inflicting serious losses on the over-confident Commonwealth forces. Fully illustrated with detailed full-colour artwork, this is the gripping story of two iconic aircraft facing off against each other above Australia.
Download or read book Army Air Forces in the War Against Japan 1941 1942 written by United States. Army Air Forces and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fifth Air Force Air War Against Japan September 1942 August 1945 written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Japanese Air Forces in World War II written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver det japanske flyvevåben under 2. verdenskrig samt hærens og søværnets organisation i 1945
Download or read book The Fifth Air Force in the War Against Japan written by United States Strategic Bombing Survey and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Air Forces in the War Against Japan 1941 1942 written by Intelligence Historical Division and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Air Forces in the War Against Japan 1941 1942 written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Japanese Army Air Force Units and Their Aces 1931 1945 written by Ikuhiko Hata and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive guide to Japan’s Army Air Force Units and their ace pilots during conflicts in the 1930s and ‘40s, now in English. Commencing with a detailed study of the development, equipment, and operations flown by this force since its inception immediately after the end of World War I, until the catastrophic conclusion of World War II, the initial section deals with the wars in China and Manchuria, as well as the Pacific War of 1941-1945. The second section explores the history of each unit, listing the types of aircraft used, the bases from which they flew, and the unit and formation commanders. Notable mission details are also included. Finally, the third section offers biographical notes for notable fighter pilots and features supporting listings and a glossary of Japanese terms. Photographs of pilots and aircraft are also included, along with line drawings indicating the unit markings carried. This revised edition is a companion volume to Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1932–1945.
Download or read book Flames Over Tokyo written by E. Bartlett Kerr and published by Dutton. This book was released on 1991 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of America's air assault on Japan during World War II to destroy Japanese industrial capacity.
Download or read book Broken Wings of the Samurai written by Robert C. Mikesh and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Occupying Forces found thousands of aircraft when they arrived on Japanese soil; of these, only a few remain today as testimony of this once powerful armada. This record is abundantly illustrated with photos, captioned in detail. The author served as curator of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and before that as a pilot in the US Air Force. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Zero written by Masatake Okumiya and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En beskrivelse af luftkrigen over stillehavet set med japanske øjne.
Download or read book Special Report by Joint Army Navy Committee on the Japanese Air Forces Estimate of the Japanese Air Situation as of 23 June 1945 written by United States. Joint Army-Navy Committee on the Japanese Air Forces and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
