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Thach Weave.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ewing, Steve.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Admirals--United States--Biography.
- Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
- Fighter plane combat.
- Admirals.
- Fighter pilots.
- United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Navy--Aviation--History.
- Thach, John S., 1905-.
- Thach, John S.
- Local Subjects:
- Admirals--United States--Biography.
- Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
- Fighter plane combat.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots-Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley-who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II. While O'Hare and Flatley were instrumental in making the ""weave"" a success, Thach was its theoretical innovator, and his use of the tactic in combat at Midway documented its practical application. This portrait of the famous pilot provides a memorable account of how Thach, convinced that his Wildcat was no match for Japan's formidable Zero, found a way to give his squadron a fighting chance. Using m
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Preface and Ackowledgments; 1: A Razorback Goes to Sea; 2: Test Pilot, Patrol Planes, and Scout Planes; 3: Fighting Squadron 3 Readies for War; 4: World War II VF-3's First Battles; 5: Battle of Midway; Photos; 6: The Weave Validated and Named; 7: The Thach Weave Gets Help from Hollywood; 8: Battle of the Philippine Sea; 9: Operations Officer: Destination Leyte; 10: Operations Officer: Destination Tokyo Bay; 11: Perspectives on Task Force Personalities; 12: Hollywood Again, Pensacola, and Unification; 13: Korean War Combat on USS Sicily
- 14: Inchon, Chosin Reservoir, and Final Korean Operations15: Commanding Officer to Flag Rank; 16: Task Group Alpha; 17: Commander, Antisubmarine Warfare Force, Pacific; 18: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air); 19: Four Stars, Last Call, and Honors; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781612512648
- 161251264X
- OCLC:
- 831119049
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