CLEAR THE DECK! AIRCRAFT CARRIER ACCIDENTS OF WORLD WAR II
by Cory Graff
Aircraft carrier operations were a dangerous business, especially in wartime. When air operations are confined to a flight deck of 50,000 square feet (escort carrier size), it was one of the most hectic and hazardous places on earth. Accidents were bound to happen. In wartime, the stakes were even higher as heavily loaded and armed combat planes went about their missions in unprecedented numbers. Commonly, there was no alternate airfield, no time to lose, and absolutely no room for error.
Clear the Deck! showcases many never-before-published amazing and dramatic World War II-era, U.S. Navy battle damage, accident, and flight operations photographs gathered from the National Archives, National Museum of Naval Aviation, the Seattle’s Museum of Flight, and numerous other collections.
This book features U.S. Naval aircraft in action from Eugene Ely to the Brewster Buffalo, to the ultimate fighters of World War II – Corsairs, Hellcats, Tigercats, and Bearcats – many coming to grief on pitching, rolling carrier decks. The action begins in the 1920s, heats up during the carrier battles of 1942-44, and concludes in the waters off the Japanese home islands as damaged fighters and torpedo bombers come back aboard ship – often times with disastrous consequences.
"In all, it is a superb book, not only from a historical context, but also as a photo essay of some of the most spectacular crashes and accidents that I have ever seen. Most highly recommended." -Modeling Madness, May 2008, reviewed by Scott Van Aken
9 x 9"
132 pages
209 b/w photos
Softbound
ISBN 10: 1580071198
ISBN 13: 9781580071192
Item #SP119
ID #: SP119
Price: $18.95
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