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Item Details
Title:
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PV VENTURA/HARPOON UNITS OF WORLD WAR II
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By: |
Alan C. Carey, Tom Tullis (Illus) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1841763837 |
ISBN 13: |
9781841763835 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
17 July, 2002 |
Series: |
Osprey Combat Aircraft 34 |
Pages: |
96 |
Description: |
An account of the PV Ventura/Harpoon family of aircraft - machines that saw action in World War II from the Channel Front right through to the Pacific. It contains first-hand descriptions and archival footage, along with scale plans of each of the major PV Ventura/Harpoon variants. |
Synopsis: |
A development of the successful Lockheed 'medium twins' of the late 1930s, the PV Ventura/Harpoon family of patrol bombers saw widespread service with both the US Navy/Marine Corps and the TAF and Commonwealth from October 1942 onwards. The USAAF also used surplus Venturas originally ordered by the RAF, designated B-34 Lexingtons, in the bomber training and coastal patrol roles. The final variant in this family was the larger PV-2 Harpoon, which was built to a US Navy requirement from March 1944 onwards. Used primarily in the Pacific, 470 Harpoons saw frontline service on anti-shipping and submarine patrols through to VJ-Day. This book covers each of these variants in complete illustrated detail. |
Illustrations: |
40 colour & 100 b&w illustrations |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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