Name: CURTISS SB2C HELLDIVER (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
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CURTISS SB2C HELLDIVER (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)

by Peter C. Smith

Published by The Crowood Press. 1st. 1998

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The Curtiss Helldiver was the backbone of the United States Navy's offensive in the Pacific from 1943 until the Japanese capitulation. This is the full story of this remarkable aeriplane. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index.

A lovely copy.

ISBN: 1861261411
Stock no. 1829977

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Introduction and Acknowledgements
1. The Development of the Helldiver
2. Rapid Expansion
3. Disaster!
4. Trials and Tests
5. The Helldiver Described
6. The Nadir
7. A New Beginning
8. The Helldiver Goes To Sea
9. Into Battle
10. Stillborn: The Australian Experience
11. Strangled: The British Experience
12. The Helldiver in the Fleet Air Arm
13. The Philippine Sea
14. Leyte Gulf
15. South China Sea to Iwo Jima
16. Okinawa
17. End of the Road: Japan
18. Fkying the Helldiver: The American Experience
19. Post-War Operations
20. A War of Attrition: The French Experience
21. Survivors
Appendix I: US Navy and Marine Corps SB2C Units at the End of World War II, 7 September 1945
Appendix II: SB2C Units on 1 February 1947
Appendix III: SB2C Units on 1 February 1948
Appendix IV: US Navy SB2C Carrier VB Squadron Deployment
Appendix V: US Navy SB2C Carrier VA and VT Squadron Deployment