Golden Wings, 1941-1945: USN/USMC Aircraft of World War II - Aircraft Specials series (6059)

As a result of the massive surprise Japanese bombing attack at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941. the United States of America entered the Second World War. Although the distant rumblings of war had been heard months earlier, the U.S. military was not fully prepared for combat on a worldwide scale. Our military aircraft were relatively few in numbers and consisted of trainers, transports, scouts, fighters and bombers. Many of these were obsolete when compared to the performance ot the Mitsubishi Zero that formed the backbone of the Japanese Empires aerial assault. Covers the aircraft of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps during World War II after Pearl Harbor. Included are the Curtiss, Brewster, Douglas, Grumman, Vought, etc., aircraft that were used in the war from the Pacific theater, the Gulf of Mexico, and to the Atlantic En gennemgang af kampflyene tilknyttet US Navy og US Marine Corps under 2. verdenskrig Squadron Signal Golden Wings 1941-45 USN/USMC Aircraft Of World War II #6059 U1