| Contents: |
pt. I. In the beginning. Advent of an ugly duckling ; The sea bird is hatched ; The fledgling force --
pt. II. World War I. Navy goes to war ; Eaglets, U.S.N. ; Fighter pilots "over there" --
pt. III. Growing pains. Navy air conquers the Atlantic ; The Billy Mitchell controversy ; The disastrous dirigibles ; Navy air in the roaring twenties and somber thirties ; Here come the carriers! --
pt. IV. World War II. Two-ocean air war ; Philippine disaster ; Navy air cracks the Axis ; Spearheading the Pacific offensive ; Aces up ; Aces high ; Sea-air drive on the Philippines ; Aces trump Imperial Japanese Navy ; Aces high versus the "Divine Wind" ; The kamikaze crisis ; Carrier crucible : Tokyo Bay and Okinawa ; Navy air sinks world's biggest battleship ; Pacific war finale --
pt. V. From Bikini Atoll to outer space. From 1945 to Korean aftermath ; Navy air flies the fifties ; Vietnam conflict and moonrise --
Appendix A : Original (first) Yale aviation unit (volunteer aerial coast patrol no. 1, founded 1916) --
Appendix B : U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aces with twenty or more "kills" - all wars --
Appendix C : U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aces of World War II --
Appendix D : Aviation personnel fatalities in World War II, 7 December 1941-31 December 1946 --
Appendix E : Aircraft carriers and escort carriers lost in World War II --
Appendix F : Aircraft carriers added to United States fleet, 7 December 1941-1 October 1945 --
Appendix G : Presidential unit citations, World War II --
Appendix H : Navy "kills" in aerial combat - Korean War Marine Corps "kills" in aerial combat - Korean War --
Appendix I : American astronauts. |
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