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Black Cat Raiders of WW II.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knott, Richard C.
- Series:
- Bluejacket books Black Cat Raiders of WW II
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American--Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Army Air Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Ocean.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted black and hunting at night, the Black Cats, as they were called, are credited with sinking or disabling hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo vessels, troop transports, and warships. Curiously their exploits were known to few outside the naval aviation community until the publication of this book in 1981. This testimonial to their magnificent performance is told by an experienced flying boat pilo
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612512419
- 1612512410
- OCLC:
- 817875418
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