As its name suggests, the Avenger meted out severe retribution on the Japanese in the Pacific, participating in every major engagement through to VJ-Day. As a key weapon of war, the Avenger was so highly valued by the US Navy that its demand for the aircraft soon outstripped Grumman's production capacity, so General Motors [GM] was contracted to build the near identical TBM from September 1942 onwards. Over 1000 Avengers also saw action with the Fleet Air Arm in both the Atlantic and the Pacific through to VJ-Day, and two squadrons of RNZAF TBDs fought alongside American Avengers on Bougainville in 1944.
Osprey Combat Aircraft 16 - TBF/TBM Avenger Units of World War II
Издательство: Osprey Publishing Ltd
Author: Barrett Tillman
Illustrator: Tom Tullis
Год издания: October 1999
ISBN: 9781855329027
Страниц: 99 pages
Язык: english
Формат: pdf
Размер: 52.7 mb
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