Description: F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat Aces of VF-2 Thomas McKelvey Cleaver (Author) , Jim Laurier (Illustrator) , Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator) The first VF-2 was a prewar unit that had been dubbed the 'hottest outfit afloat' due to the skill of their non-commissioned pilots. This first unit only saw combat at the Battle of the Coral Sea, but VF-2 pilots flying Grumman F4F Wildcats were able to rack up 17 claims there during the bitter 48-hour period of fighting. The second 'Fighting Two' was armed with the new Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter. Arriving in Hawaii in October 1943, the squadron so impressed Cdr Edward H 'Butch' O'Hare, the Medal of Honor winning first US Navy ace of World War 2, that he requested the squadron replace VF-6 in his Carrier Air Group 6 aboard USS Enterprise. No other US Navy unit created as many aces as VF-2, whose pilots went into action over the Carolines, Marianas, Guam, Iwo Jima and the Battle of the Philippines Sea. Using exquisite photographs and first-hand accounts from the elite fliers themselves, this volume tells the story of the ace pilots who comprised the original VF-2 and the second. PublishedFeb 17 2015FormatPaperbackPages96ISBN9781472805584ImprintOsprey PublishingDimensions10 x 7 inchesSeriesAircraft of the AcesShort codeACE 125PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
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Book Series: Aircraft of the Aces
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated
Original Language: English
Book Title: F4f Wildcat and F6f Hellcat Aces Electronics of Vf-2
Item Length: 9.9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 7.3in
Author: Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / World War II, Military / United States, Military / Aviation
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
