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Release : 1979
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials Since 1909 by :
Download or read book U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials Since 1909 written by . This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lister over amerikanske fly, serienummer, tilhørsforhold m.v. i perioden 1909 til 1979.
Author : John M. Andrade
Release : 1979
Genre : Aeronautics, Military
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Book Synopsis United States Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by : John M. Andrade
Download or read book United States Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 written by John M. Andrade. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Yenne
Release : 2010-09-10
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The American Aircraft Factory in World War II by : Bill Yenne
Download or read book The American Aircraft Factory in World War II written by Bill Yenne. This book was released on 2010-09-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few industrial phenomena have been as dramatic as the United States’ mid-20th-century shift from peacetime to wartime production. The American Aircraft Factory in World War II documents the production of legendary warbirds by companies like Boeing, North American, Curtiss, Consolidated, Douglas, Grumman, and Lockheed. It was a production unmatched by any other country and a crucial part of why the allies won the war. Author Bill Yenne considers the prewar governmental acts that got the plants rolling, as well as the gender shift that occurred as women entered the work force like never before. He also describes the construction of megafactories like Willow Run, factory design considerations, and the postwar conversion back to peacetime production. Illustrated with 175 period photographs—including 50 rare color photos never before seen in print.
Author : William J. Norton
Release : 2021-12-02
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis American Aircraft Development Second World War Legacy by : William J. Norton
Download or read book American Aircraft Development Second World War Legacy written by William J. Norton. This book was released on 2021-12-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the influence of America’s Second World War aviation development and experience, subsequent aviation technological advances, and world events, in shaping American choices in military aircraft and associated weapons’ development during the few years following the war. It shows how air warfare weapons from the last conflict were carried forward and altered, how new systems evolved from these, and how the choices fared in the next war―Korea. The period was one of remarkable progress in a short span of time via a great many aircraft and weapons programs, and associated technological progress. These systems were of immense importance influencing and growing the engineering, production, and operational capabilities to be exploited for the next generation of weapons that soon followed. Emphasized is the innovative features or new technology and how these contributed to advancing American military aviation, influencing the evolution of follow-on models or types. Included are military prototype, experimental, and research aircraft that are equally important in understanding the history of American aircraft development. Combat employment, progress, and equipment adaptation during the Korean Conflict is then highlighted. Tabulated characteristics are provided of those aircraft that entered production or represented significant technological advances influencing others that follow.
Author : Bill Yenne
Release : 2014-02-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Big Week by : Bill Yenne
Download or read book Big Week written by Bill Yenne. This book was released on 2014-02-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In just six days, the United States Strategic Air Forces changed the course of military offense in World War II. During those six days, they launched the largest bombing campaign of the war, dropping roughly ten thousand tons of bombs in a rain of destruction that would take the skies back from the Nazis . . . The Allies knew that if they were to invade Hitler’s Fortress Europe, they would have to wrest air superiority from the mighty Luftwaffe. The plan of the Unites States Strategic Air Forces was extremely risky. During the week of February 20, 1944—and joined by the RAF Bomber Command—the USAAF Eighth and Fifteenth Air Force bombers took on this vital mission. They ran the gauntlet of the most heavily defended air space in the world to deal a death blow to Germany’s aircraft industry and made them pay with the planes already in the air. In the coming months, this Big Week would prove a deciding factor in the war. Both sides were dealt losses, but whereas the Allies could recover, damage to the Luftwaffe was irreparable. Thus, Big Week became one of the most important episodes of World War II and, coincidentally, one of the most overlooked—until now.
