The most eagerly anticipated book in the Combat Aircraft series, this volume tells the complete combat history of Japan's most deadly ship-killing aircraft.
The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) - code named 'Val' by Allied intelligence - was the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier dive-bomber force from 1941 to 1943. It sank more Allied warship tonnage than any other Axis aircraft during World War 2. While the Val's participation in the major carrier battles has been widely covered in other English language sources, details of its operations have received scant attention in English. This book explores the Val's combat operations.
Colour illustrations and photographs complement the development of dive-bombing methods in the IJN.
| ISBN: | 9781841769127 |
| Publication date: | 20th December 2011 |
| Author: | Osamu Tagaya |
| Illustrator: | Jim Laurier |
| Publisher: | Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Osprey Combat Aircraft |
| Genres: |
Air forces and warfare Second World War Modern warfare Asian history |
The most eagerly anticipated book in the Combat Aircraft series, this volume tells the complete combat history of Japan's most deadly ship-killing aircraft.
The Aichi Type 99 Carrier Bomber (D3A) - code named 'Val' by Allied intelligence - was the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier dive-bomber force from 1941 to 1943. It sank more Allied warship tonnage than any other Axis aircraft during World War 2. While the Val's participation in the major carrier battles has been widely covered in other English language sources, details of its operations have received scant attention in English. This book explores the Val's combat operations.
Colour illustrations and photographs complement the development of dive-bombing methods in the IJN.
Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units 1937-42 features in the following genres: Air forces and warfare, Second World War, Modern warfare, Asian history
Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units 1937-42 is available in Paperback
Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units 1937-42 was written by Osamu Tagaya and published by Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Aichi 99 Kanbaku 'Val' Units 1937-42 has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Osprey Combat Aircraft series
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