Naval Air Station Wildwood (Images of Aviation)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738572128 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Long-overdue recognition for a World War II station This book is a labor of love, a long-overdue history of a naval air station that helped to prepare hundreds of Americans who went to war in carrier-based aircraft. They gathered at a New Jersey tourist haven and, many months later, some of them were aboard the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga when she was hit by Japanese suicide aircraft. The contrast between Wildwood and . Very good information about this station and what it was like C. Edmunds Rhoad Very good information about this station and what it was like training so many pilots in such a short period of time in WWII.
. Navy's extensive archives. Salvatore, M.D., cofounded Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation in 1995 and serves as nonsalaried executive director of the aviation museum. Joan Berkey is an architectural historian and author. Joseph E. Naval Air Station Wildwood contains photographs and images, most previously unpublished, from the museum's and the U.S
1, has been restored to its original appearance and houses Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum.. At least 42 airmen lost their lives while training at the station, but their deaths brought about improvements in airplane design and tactics. Navy airmen during World War II. Commissioned on April 1, 1943, Naval Air Station Wildwood trained thousands of U.S. Today only a handful of the station's 126 original buildings remain; the largest of these, Hangar No. Some of the war's most lethal bombers-Helldivers and TBM-3E Avengers among them-were flown by members of naval fighter, dive-bombing, and torpedo-bombing squadrons based at the station from 1943 until 1945. Located in southern New Jersey on a peninsula bordered by the Atlantic
Joan Berkey is an architectural historian and author. . About the Author Joseph E. Navy's extensive archives. Naval Air Station Wildwood contains photographs and images, most previously unpublished, from the museum's and the U.S. Salvatore, M.D., cofounded Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation in 1995 and serves as nonsalaried executive director of the aviation museum