Corsair: The F4U in World War II and Korea
by Barrett Tillman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0870211315
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211317
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. A very good plus first edition, inscribed by the author on a laid-in plate on half-title. Grey buckram boards. Map endpapers. Showing rectangular bleed from previous bookplate on first free endpaper and verso of same, Previous owner's embossed stamp on half-title. Dust jacket shows a one inch tear on back cover, otherwise fine. 219 pp. including index. Octavo/ Barrett Tillman is a widely recognized authority on air warfare in World War II and the author of more than forty nonfiction and fiction books on military topics. He has received six awards for history and literature, including the Admiral Arthur Radford Award. He lives in Mesa, Arizona."-- US Naval Institute"This is the remarkable story of an airplane that became a legend--with a sleek silhouette and bent wings, it doubled as a day and night fighter, could fly off carriers or from land, and served both as a dive bomber and reconnaissance plane. Filled with facts and figures, this fast-paced history begins with the nerve-wracking test flights of the 1940s and concludes with the F4Us that were active thirty-eight years later. Placed skillfully in between are the stories that gave birth to the legend: the exploits of the aces, including the Medal of Honor recipient who shot down twenty-five enemy planes, and the details of the combat missions of Charles A. Lindbergh. During thirty months of combat in World War II with the U.S. Navy and Marines, the Corsair shot down more than two thousand Japanese planes. In Korea the U-bird, as it was called, was credited with ten aerial victories. A trip down memory lane for anyone who has followed the career of this Cadillac of the props, ...offers fine historical aviation reading that presents a riveting picture of the men and machine that helped win two wars." -- Google Books
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- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1302
- Title
- Corsair: The F4U in World War II and Korea
- Author
- Barrett Tillman
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870211315
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211317
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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