US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War by Louis B. Dorny, Jim Laurier
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Description Illustrated with over 80 photographs and colour profiles detailing aircraft markings, this is the definitive history of an insight into the PBY's use by the US Navy and Allied forces in the Pacific during World War 2.
Publisher Description
Deadly in its primary role as a submarine hunter, the PBY Catalina was the scourge of the Imperial Japanese Navy's submarine force.Its amphibious traits also made the aircraft well suited to air-sea rescue, and thousands of Allied airmen were saved from a watery grave by PBY crews. Using personal interviews, war diaries and combat reports combined with original Japanese records and books, Louis B Dorny provides a view on the role of the Catalina from both side of the war.Illustrated with over 80 photographs and colour profiles detailing aircraft markings, this is the definitive history of an insight into the PBY's use by the US Navy and Allied forces in the Pacific during World War 2.
Author Biography
Retired US Navy Cdr Louis B Dorny was an acknowledged expert on America's most famous flying-boat, the PBY Catalina, and was fascinated by its crucial employment against Japanese forces in the Pacific War. He interviewed numerous veteran crews during the course of his research over the past four decades. He sadly passed away in 2021.Jim Laurier attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974–78 and has since been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon. Jim is a Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the New York Society of Illustrators and the American Fighter Aces Association.
Details ISBN 1841769118 ISBN-13 9781841769110 Title US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War Author Louis B. Dorny, Jim Laurier Format Paperback Year 2007 Pages 96 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:137348576; About Us
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