What’s more, my iPad is no heavier with 274 more pages of reference inside… You can see in the sample pages below that this is still the thorough Detail and Scale format, but there’s lots more of it at your fingertips. For each subject, there is a brief summary of the aircraft’s development and history, period photos of the aircraft in action (or test), color photos of the cockpit interior (where available), and a discussion of relevant markings and camouflage colors carried by each subvariant. If you’ve seen the Detail and Scale hardcopy titles of the past, you can think of this as an abbreviated version of that series, but instead of focusing on one aircraft subject, this one covers the breadth of US carrier aviation (operational and prototypes) through the end of WWII. You can highlight and annotate the book with your own notes.You can search for specific text within the title.You can zoom in on details in photos and drawings for a closer look.You can expand photos and drawings to full-screen.You can use menu hyperlinks to jump straight to a section of interest.Details of Navy markings over the same timespan are also provided and are profusely illustrated with artwork. This look begins with the colorful “Yellow Wing” aircraft of the 1930s and shows how war clouds on the horizon in 1940 began a six-year period of evolving camouflage schemes for naval combat aircraft. The second contains a significant amount of colorful details on the paint schemes used on Navy and Marine aircraft, and the general marking systems in use. The first provides maps and a brief history of naval combat in the Pacific Theater in World War II. The book also includes two appendices.Photographs of cockpit and aircraft details, long the trademark of Detail & Scale publishing, are also included for the most famous variants. For those with significant histories, each variant of the aircraft is described and illustrated. Each aircraft section includes photographs and a history of the aircraft.Other named aircraft in the chapter are the Buccaneer, Sea Wolf, and the Destroyer, while the designation-only aircraft include the Brewster XSBA-1 and SBN-1, and the Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK-1. Again, the well-known types, including the two Curtiss aircraft named Helldiver, the Devastator, Vindicator, Dauntless, and Avenger, are covered. The dive and torpedo bomber chapter covers eleven torpedo bombers, scout/dive bombers, and the beginning of a new generation of attack aircraft.These aircraft either carried exotic names like Airabonita, Skyrocket, Flying Pancake, Dark Shark, and Stingeree, or they were never given a name, simply being known by their designation like the Curtiss XF14C and XF15C-1, and the Boeing XF8B-1. Finally, this chapter covers those aircraft that were not pursued for a variety of reasons after the prototype flew. Also included are those aircraft that were flying operationally as the war came to an end, such as the F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, and the FR-1 Fireball, although none of these arrived in theater in time to see combat. The most famous of these are the F2A Buffalo, F4F Wildcat, F4U Corsair, and F6F Hellcat. The fighter chapter covers fourteen aircraft.
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