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A collection of articles related to aircraft carriers.
The following article on the Midway Class Carrier is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. During the Second World War, the Navy evolved the concept of the “battle carrier,” bigger and more capable…
The following article on the Battle of Okinawa is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Operation Iceberg—the code name for the Battle of Okinawa and the occupation of the Ryukyu Islands—began on…
The following article on the British Pacific Fleet is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) had been activated in November 1944, replacing the Eastern Fleet. Most significantly…
The following article on air raids on Japan in World War Two is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Lieutenant Commander Donald A. Pattie, a veteran of the North African operation, commanded…
The following article on the Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The Central Pacific Offensive—a campaign whose goal was to neutralize Japanese bases and provide…
The following article on the F6F Hellcat an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In 1943, the United States deployed numerous new aircraft carriers in the Pacific Theatre, including a number of…
The following article on the Essex Class Aircraft Carrier is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. By 1943 momentum was moving in America's direction against Japan in the Pacific Theatre of…
The following article on the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The malarial Santa Cruz Islands bear three hundred miles east of the Solomons,…
The following article on the Battle of the Eastern Solomons an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The Battle of the Eastern Solomons on August 24, 1942—part of the Guadalcanal Campaign in…
The following article on the Battle of Guadalcanal is an excerpt from Barrett Tillman's book On Wave and Wing: The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier. It is available to order now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Only sixty days after the Battle of Midway—in which Allied forces in the Pacific inflicted irreparable…
