US NAVY PBY CATALINA UNITS OF THE PACIFIC WAR (Osprey Combat Aircraft No 62)

Louis B Dorny

Osprey, 2007.

The second of two volumes in the Combat Aircraft series on the quintessential Allied flying-boat of World War 2, this book provides an insight intothe PBY Catalina's use by the US Navy in the Pacific during World War 2. A veteran of all the major campaigns from Pearl Harbor through to the bombing of the Japanese Home Islands, the PBY was a permanent fixture in Allied ranks in the Pacific War. Personal interviews and records are included in this book. The use of official records such as war diaries and reports helps to fill out the story of the PBY 1's operations as a patrol aircraft, air-sea rescue platform and night bomber. This volumeis illustrated by more than 90 photographs, as well as 32 specially commissioned color profiles. 96 pages.