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Название: Tiger vs Churchill: North-West Europe, 1944-45
Автор: Neil Grant, Richard Chasemore
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Duel 118
ISBN: 9781472843883
Год издания: 2022
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 16,6 MB

This fully illustrated study assesses the origins, development, and combat record of the legendary Tiger and Churchill Tanks during World War II.

Название: USN Submarine vs IJN Antisubmarine Escort: The Pacific, 1941-45
Автор: Mark Stille, Ian Palmer
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Duel 117
ISBN: 9781472843050
Год издания: 2022
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 16,2 MB

This fully illustrated study examines and compares the roles of the US Navy submarines and the Imperial Japanese Navy's anti-submarine warfare capabilities during World War II.

Название: Higgins 78 PT Boat On Deck
Автор: David Doyle
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Серия: Squadron Signal 26008
ISBN: 0897476557
Год издания: 2015
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 82
Формат: PDF
Размер: 173,3 MB

Andrew Jackson Higgins's New Orleans boat-building firm, Higgins Industries, constructed numerous vessels for the US war effort during World War II. Among these were 78-foot Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats.

Название: ELCO 80-Foot PT Boat On Deck
Автор: David Doyle
Издательство: Squadron/Signal Publications
Серия: Squadron Signal 5605
ISBN: 9780897475914
Год издания: 2009
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 82
Формат: PDF
Размер: 260,9 MB

ELCO 80-Foot PT Boat (Squadron Signal 5605)

Название: Bell XFL-1 Airabonita
Автор: Tommy Thomason
Издательство: Ginter Books
Серия: Naval Fighters 81
ISBN: 0942612817
Год издания: 2003
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 58
Формат: PDF
Размер: 172,2 MB

The Bell XFL-1 Airabonita was an experimental shipboard interceptor aircraft developed for the US Navy. It was similar to and a parallel development of the land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tail wheel undercarriage in place of the P-39's tricycle gear. It first flew on May 13, 1940. Only one prototype was manufactured, the BuNo 1588.

Название: Curtiss XBTC-2 "Eggbeater"
Автор: Bob Kowalski
Издательство: Ginter Books
Серия: Naval Fighters 77
ISBN: 0942612779
Год издания: 2007
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 44
Формат: PDF
Размер: 121,1 MB

March 1945, the Navy ordered 10 relatively minor derivatives of the XBTC-2. They had 2,500-horsepower Wright R-3350-4 engines turning single-rotation propellers. Progress was faster on this model, and the first flight was made in January 1946. Gross weight was 19,072 pounds, and max speed was 297 mph at sea level and 330 mph at 17,000 feet. Armament was two 20mm cannon, eight five-inch rockets and one 2,000-pound bomb or a torpedo.

Название: Boeing X78B-1 Five-in-one Fighter
Автор: Rick Koehnan
Издательство: Ginter Books
Серия: Naval Fighters 65
ISBN: 0942612655
Год издания: 2000
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 68
Формат: PDF
Размер: 192,8 MB

The F/A 18 Hornet was not the first Naval Aircraft designed to meet all the Navy needs. The XF8B-1 was another Boeing called it the "Five-in-One" fighter (fighter, interceptor, dive bomber, torpedo, or horizontal bomber).

Название: Curtiss XBT2C-1
Автор: Bob Kowalski
Издательство: Ginter Books
Серия: Naval Fighters 62
ISBN: 0942612620
Год издания: 2003
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 76
Формат: PDF
Размер: 283,5 MB

In the eyes of the editor, the Curtiss XBT2C-1 was an attractive aircraft in flight. But these good looks masked the true identity.

Автор: Iain R. Murray
Издательство: Haynes Publishing
Серия: Owners' Workshop Manual
ISBN: 0857330152
Год издания: 2011
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 164
Формат: PDF
Размер: 155,6 MB

The famous dams raid in May 1943 was made possible only by the fusion of cutting-edge technology with the raw courage of a hand-picked squadron of RAF airmen. The incredible bouncing bomb, used to devastating effect by 617 Squadron on the Ruhr dams,

Название: Testing Tornado
Автор: David J. Eagles
Издательство: The History Press
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 180
Размер: 107,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

During the early Cold War days when 17-year-old David Eagles applied to the Fleet Air Arm hoping to be a fighter pilot for his National Service, he little imagined the lifetime career that was to follow. After Flying Training with the US Navy and loan Service with the Australian Fleet Air Arm, he settled into Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot life.