TBM/TBF Avenger in Action

TBM/TBF Avenger in Action
Title TBM/TBF Avenger in Action PDF eBook
Author Charles L. Scrivner
Publisher
Pages 49
Release 1987
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780897471978

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Grumman Tbm Avenger Pilot's Flight Manual

Grumman Tbm Avenger Pilot's Flight Manual
Title Grumman Tbm Avenger Pilot's Flight Manual PDF eBook
Author Periscope Film Com
Publisher Lulu.com
Pages 110
Release 2006-05
Genre Transportation
ISBN 1411693876

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En instruktionsbog (Flight Manual) for TBF/TBM-3 Avenger.

TBF/TBM Avenger Units of World War 2

TBF/TBM Avenger Units of World War 2
Title TBF/TBM Avenger Units of World War 2 PDF eBook
Author Barrett Tillman
Publisher Osprey Publishing
Pages 0
Release 1999-10-15
Genre History
ISBN 9781855329027

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As its name suggests, the Avenger meted out severe retribution on the Japanese in the Pacific, participating in every major engagement through to VJ-Day. As a key weapon of World War II (1939-1945), the Avenger was so highly valued by the US Navy that its demand for the aircraft soon outstripped Grumman's production capacity, so General Motors [GM] was contracted to build the near identical TBM from September 1942 onwards. Over 1000 Avengers also saw action with the Fleet Air Arm in both the Atlantic and the Pacific through to VJ-Day, and two squadrons of RNZAF TBDs fought alongside American Avengers on Bougainville in 1944.

U. S. Navy Dive and Torpedo Bombers of World War II

U. S. Navy Dive and Torpedo Bombers of World War II
Title U. S. Navy Dive and Torpedo Bombers of World War II PDF eBook
Author Barrett Tillman Robert L. Lawson
Publisher
Pages 132
Release
Genre Dive bombers
ISBN 9781610607643

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With their stout airframes, innovative airbrakes and near-vertical dive capabilities, U.S. Navy torpedo and dive bombers rendered Japanese deck gunners nearly defenseless and played a crucial role in Allied victory. Remarkable period color photography and quotes and anecdotes from pilots and crewmembers relate the stories behind Navy dive bombers. Included in the collection are the legendary SBD ("Slow But Deadly") Dauntless, SBC Helldiver, TBD Devastator and TBF and TBM Avengers. In addition to depicting the aircraft, photos show American airmen testing and training, while first-person accounts tell of missions against Japanese vessels.

Torpedo Squadron Four - A Cockpit View of World War II

Torpedo Squadron Four - A Cockpit View of World War II
Title Torpedo Squadron Four - A Cockpit View of World War II PDF eBook
Author Gerald W. Thomas
Publisher Doc45 Publications
Pages 282
Release 2010-10
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0982870906

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Thomas, in the only combat account of World War II Torpedo Bomber pilot ever published, relates his 25 months of service with Torpedo Squadron 4 (VT-4) on the USS RANGER, USS BUNKER HILL, and USS ESSEX. Thomas served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters, and in some of the most important World War II battles. While on the RANGER, he participated in OPERATION LEADER, the most significant attack on Northern Europe by a US carrier during the war. During LEADER, while attacking a freight barge carrying 40 tons of ammunition, Thomas' plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire. Surprisingly, in spite of the considerable engine damage, the plane made it back to the RANGER, where Thomas crash-landed. That landing was his 13th official carrier landing. In the Pacific, Thomas participated in the numerous actions against Japanese targets in the Philippines, including strikes on Ormoc Bay, Cavite, Manilla, Santa Cruz, San Fernando, Lingayen, Mindoro, Clark Field and Aparri. Following these actions, Thomas' squadron made strikes on Formosa, French Indo-China, Saigon, Pescadores, Hainan, Amami O Shima, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Japan. The attack on Japan was the first attack on Japan from an aircraft carrier since the "Doolittle Raid." While on the ESSEX, just after Thomas had returned from a strike on Santa Cruz, the ship was hit by a Kamikaze piloted by Yoshinori Yamaguchi, Yoshino Special Attack Corps. Yamaguchi was flying a Yokosuba D4Y3 dive bomber. The Kamikaze attack killed 16 crewman and wounded 44. Returning from a strike on Hainan, off the Chinese coast, Thomas' plane ran out of fuel. After a harrowing water landing, Thomas and squadron photographer Montague succeeded in inflating and launching one rubber boat and his crewman Gress another. After a long day in pre-Typhoon weather with 40 foot swells, the three were rescued by the USS SULLIVANS. In recounting the events in this book, Thomas draws upon his daily journal, his letters home, and extensive interviews and research conducted over 40 years with fellow pilots and crewman. The book cites 20 interviews and 5 combat journals, and contains 209 photos documenting the ships, planes, men, and combat actions of Torpedo Squadron 4. Many of the photographs were collected by Thomas during the war and include gun photo shots, recon photos, and, remarkably, a picture of the tail of Thomas' Torpedo plane as it sinks in the China Sea following his water crash landing.

American Warplanes of WWII

American Warplanes of WWII
Title American Warplanes of WWII PDF eBook
Author
Publisher PediaPress
Pages 763
Release
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Grumman JF/J2F Duck

Grumman JF/J2F Duck
Title Grumman JF/J2F Duck PDF eBook
Author Steve Ginter
Publisher Consign
Pages 0
Release 2009
Genre History
ISBN 9780942612844

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The JF/J2F "Duck" was one of those military workhorses moving around in the background before and during WWII which did a tremendous job but never got the publicity of its' more glamorous teammates. Some said the Duck could be more aptly named the "Ugly Duckling." Be that as it may; when no other bomber could be found, it carried bombs; when no other transport could be found, it transported; when no other photo plane could be found, it photographed and when no other rescuer could be found, it rescued. When it came to "Utility Craft," the JF/J2F was the definitive.