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British and Commonwealth Naval Air Squadron Units
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Navy Aircraft Serials and Units 1911-1919. By Ray Sturtivant and Gordon
Page; Air Britain; ISBN: 0851301916. RRP: |
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Detailed
reference work of the Royal Navy Aircraft Serials and Units 1911-1919.
Probably the most ambitious project of its nature ever attempted, this
work provides complete or near complete histories of over 15,000 aircraft
flown by the Royal Naval Air Service from 1911 and by successor units of
the Royal Air Force from 1 April 1918 until the end of 1919. It also lists
their squadrons, units and bases. There are details of numerous attempts
by coastal aircraft to bomb U-boats around the coast of Britain, and of
land-based naval aircraft making hazardous night flights to help stem the
Zeppelin menace. The many individual incidents include Major Barker's dramatic
fight in October 1918 when, despite his Sopwith Snipe being riddled with
bullets as he came down, he managed to account for four enemy aircraft
before making a crash landing from which he and his aircraft survived,
for which unique exploit he was awarded a well merited Victoria Cross.
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| Hardcover
- (1992) |
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| Squadron
Histories: RNAS, RFC and RAF since 1912. By Peter M. H. Lewis; ASIN: 0370000226
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about the Squadron Histories: RNAS, RFC and RAF since 1912.
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| Fleet
Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships 1920 to 1939. By Ray Sturtivant with
Dick Cronin; Air Britain; ISBN: 0851302718. RRP: |
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The
first detailed work on the Fleet Air Arm between the wars. Full histories
of flights and squadrons, including movements, aircraft types and COs;
detailed individual aircraft histories with many aircrew names; detailed
histories of FAA and coastal prototypes (N127 to N256 and others); comprehensive
details of the complicated and colourful system of code markings and carrier
bands; names of pupil Pilots, Observers and TAGs on courses up to the end
of 1939; 3,000 name index; detailed movements of 12 aircraft carriers and
seaplane carriers, and 60 seaplane-carrying battleships, cruisers and a
submarine with a photograph of each ship.
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| Hardback
- 448 pages (1998) |
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| Squadrons
of the Fleet Air Arm. By Ray Sturtivant and Theo Ballance; Air Britain;
ISBN: 0851302238. RRP: |
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Every
past and present first and second-line squadron is listed, including Australian,
Canadian and Dutch naval squadrons where their unit numbering makes them
relevant. The coverage for each squadron comprises a concise narrative
history, the squadron badge (if any), photos of representative aircraft
in most instances, detailed tables of aircraft types flown with dates and
examples, lists of commanding officers and lists of bases including detachments
of all sizes. In addition the new edition includes a brief summary of the
different types of identification marking carried over the years by squadron
aircraft, and also lists battle honours awarded. Detailed indexes cover
aircraft equipment, UK and overseas locations, ships names mentioned in
the lists, plus a new index of commanding officers names.
Detailed appendices,
all updated, cover Boyd Trophy awards, ships names of FAA stations, FAA
bases at home and overseas, aircraft carriers, Mac-ships,
helicopter-carrying
ships, pre- war FAA numbered flights and miscellaneous FAA units, FAA Flag
Officers and major WW2 warships fitted with catapults. The latter, and
also the lists of carriers and helicopter carrying ships, include tables
of relevant squadrons and flights, with dates and aircraft types with examples.
As a cross-reference, there are lists of the identity numbers allocated
in recent years to Wasp, Wessex and Lynx flights. There is also a list
of naval aircraft currently held by the Yeovilton and Nowra museums.
The whole range
of side markings carried on naval aircraft since 1933 is covered in a series
of detailed appendices. By reference to these lists and the accompanying
general explanation, in conjunction with the information given for each
squadron, it should be possible to identify the unit of most naval aircraft
bearing a full side marking.
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- 480 pages (1994) |
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| Front
Line Avenger Squadrons of the FAA by R G Fletcher. RG Fletcher; ISBN: 0951887718.
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| Hardcover
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| The
British Pensacola Battalion : a flight log representing the British Flight
Battalion, U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, 1941-1944
by Frank Robinson. ASIN: 0897450469 |
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This
book covers the British Pensacola Battalion : a flight log representing
the British Flight Battalion, U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida,
1941-1944
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| The
British Flight Battalion at Pensacola and Afterwards by Frank Robinson
(Editor). ASIN: 0897450450 |
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This
book covers the British Pensacola Battalion : a flight log representing
the British Flight Battalion, U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida,
1941-1944
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| RAF
Squadrons. By C.G. Jefford. Airlife Publishing; ISBN: 1840371412.
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Since
it was first published in 1988, 'RAF Squadrons' has become the major reference
work that accurately and comprehensively records the historical details
of the RAF's basic fighting formations - its Squadrons. This new edition
brings the work up-to-date and includes additions and amendments that have
resulted from new research and information. Twelve appendices serve
as a unique reference point, with two of them, one keyed by aircraft type,
the other by location, providing essential cross references to the listing
of each squadron's movements and equipment. Another innovative feature
of RAF Squadrons is the presentation of a set of fifty-three maps on which
are
included over
2,500 locations mentioned in the text. As well as the relatively familiar
UK airfields, it is now possible for the historian to locate all the aerodromes
used by RAF Squadrons in Europe, Africa and Asia, in times of war and peace.
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| Hardcover
- 290 pages 2nd Ed (June 2001) . |
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Book Category:
United States (US) Naval Air Squadron Units
| U.S.
Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II; chronologies, deployment, combat
records. By Barrett Tillman . Hikoki Publications; ISBN: 0933424744. Our
Price: £37.28 RRP: |
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A Superb
piece that fills a major hole in reference material on WWII US Naval Aviation.
This first-ever chronology of VF squadrons describes their history, deployments,
battle highlights, commanders, aces, losses, and aircraft. Twenty-five
lush appendices supply further information including shoot-down claims,
biographies of 12 famous aces, and a list of 371 Naval fighter aces, aces
in a day, and top scoring squadrons. There may be a companion volume
on USMC fighter squadrons, and interest in carrier-based dive and torpedo
bomber units also has been expressed.
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| Dictionary
of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Volume 1. The History of VA, VAH,
VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons. Published by the Naval Aviation History
Branch, Naval Historical Center. Washington Navy Yard. |
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Squadron
Histories from the book Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons,
Volume 1, The History of VA/VAH, VAK, VAL, VAP and VFA Squadrons. Published
by the Naval Aviation History Office in 1995
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Dictionary
of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, The History of VP,
VPB, VP(HL) and
VP(AM) Squadrons. Published by the Naval Aviation History Branch, Washington
Navy Yard. |
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Squadron
Histories from the book Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons,
Volume 2, The History of VP, VPB, VP(HL) and VP(AM) Squadrons. Published
by the Naval Aviation History Office in 2000.
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| The
Black Sheep: The Definitive Account of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in
World War II. Brce Gamble. Presidio Pr. . ISBN: 089141717. |
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This
is a critical history, but it is fair and balanced.
"Breathes new
facts and new life into the Black Sheep".
Gamble, a retired
naval officer, describes the equipment, doctrine, operational conditions
and personal relationships that shaped squadron 214 from its creation in
1942 through its Solomons experiences, to its recommissioning and assignment
to the carrier Franklin. . . The book provides a squadron history. The
squadron, cobbled together in the war's desperate early days, was known
as the Swashbucklers and saw combat at Guadalcanal. In the second phase,
the group of respectable replacements was assigned the squadron number
and made a mighty name as the Black Sheep under Boyington. Version three
was a late-war collection of marine pilots that was knocked out of action
on its first day in combat by the damage to its carrier, the USS Franklin.
A sensitive revision of a controversial legend, this book stands out as
one of the best extant squadron histories and as a significant contribution
to the literature on air power.
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| Marine
Fighting Squadron 1-21(Vmf-121) by Thomas E. Doll. Squadron/Signal Pubns;
ISBN: 0897473698 . Our Price: $12.95 |
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One
of the most famous US Navy fighter squadrons of the Pacific War, the Grim
Reapers - Fighter Squadron
10. VF-10's motto
was "Mow 'em down".
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| The
Grim Reapers : Fighting Squadron Ten in WW II by Peter B. Mersky. Champlin
Fighter Museum Pr; ISBN: 0912173092. Our Price: $10.95. |
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One
of the most famous US Navy fighter squadrons of the Pacific War, the Grim
Reapers - Fighter Squadron
10. VF-10's motto
was "Mow 'em down".
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| Once
They Were Eagles : The Men of the Black Sheep Squadron. by Frank E. Walton.
University Press of Kentucky; ISBN: 0813108756. Our Price: £10.98 |
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The
Black Sheep legend, as retold through the eyes of the survivors. This story
tells the squadron history of the VMF 214 squadron, provides brief sketches
of every member and creates a picture of the Ariel sorties over the South
Pacific. The last half of the book is a personal history from each of the
survivors, as to what the experience was like, how it
has affected their
lives, what they did in post Black Sheep life.
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| Paperback
Reprint (June 1996) |
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| The
Disappearance of Flight 19. By Lawrence David Kusche. ASIN:0064640442 |
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On
5 December 1945, five TBM Avengers comprising Flight 19 (a navigation training
hop composed of an instructor, four Naval Aviators undergoing VTB-type
advanced training and nine enlisted aircrewmen who, with the exception
of one, were all undergoing advanced combat aircrew training in VTB-type
aircraft) rose into the sunny sky above NAS Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Turning
east the formation headed out over the Atlantic on the first leg of a routine
exercise from which neither the 14 men of Flight 19 nor the 13-man crew
of a PBM Mariner sent out to search for them were ever to return.
The disappearance
of the five Avengers and the PBM sparked one of the largest air and seas
searches in history as hundreds of ships and aircraft combed over 200,00
square miles of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, while, on land,
search parties scoured the interior of Florida on the outside chance that
the aircraft might have gone down there undetected. But nothing was ever
found. No wreckage, no bodies, nothing. All that remained were the elements
of mystery and a mystery it quickly and easily became. Flight 19 "The Lost
Patrol" is now the central element of the legend of the infamous "Bermuda
Triangle."
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| Hardback
(1981) |
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| Dorling
Kindersley Readers - Level 3: Bermuda Triangle. Andrew Donkin. Dorling
Kindersley; ISBN: 0751362662 |
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This
is a collection of scary stories intended for Level 3 about the mysterious
vanishings of the wartime US naval planes - Flight 19 (The Lost Patrol)
and ships with an area of the ocean known as the Bermuda Triange. It is
one of a series which has been designed to aid the development of children's
reading skills.
In the area between
Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico lies the most mysterious expanse of water
in the world: the Bermuda Triangle. Over the last 50 years, 1,500 people
have disappeared here without a trace, and many more have experienced bizarre
and inexplicable incidents. On 5 December 1945, five US Navy TBM Avengers
comprising Flight 19 rose into the sunny sky above NAS Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. Turning east the formation headed out over the Atlantic on the first
leg of a routine exercise from which neither the 14 men of Flight 19 nor
the 13-man crew of a PBM Mariner sent out to search for them were ever
to return.
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