PV Ventura: Harpoon Units of World War II

PV Ventura: Harpoon Units of World War II

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Book Description
A development of the successful Lockheed ‘medium twins' of the late 1930s, the PV Ventura/Harpoon family of patrol bombers saw widespread service with both the US Navy/Marine Corps and the TAF and Commonwealth from October 1942 onwards. The USAAF also used surplus Venturas originally ordered by the RAF, designated B-34 Lexingtons, in the bomber training and coastal patrol roles. The final variant in this family was the larger PV-2 Harpoon, which was built to a US Navy requirement from March 1944 onwards. Used primarily in the Pacific, 470 Harpoons saw frontline service on anti-shipping and submarine patrols through to VJ-Day. This book covers each of these variants in complete illustrated detail.

From the Publisher
Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.

PV Ventura: Harpoon Units of World War II,Alan C. Carey,Tom Tullis,Osprey Publishing,1841763837,General,History,Military,Military - World War II,Transportation,Air forces & warfare,History / Military / Aviation,Military vehicles,Second World War, 1939-1945,World history: Second World War

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