Thach Weave.
This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots-Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley-who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II. While O'Hare and Flatley were instrumental in making the ""weave"" a success, T...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface and Ackowledgments; 1: A Razorback Goes to Sea; 2: Test Pilot, Patrol Planes, and Scout Planes; 3: Fighting Squadron 3 Readies for War; 4: World War II VF-3's First Battles; 5: Battle of Midway; Photos; 6: The Weave Validated and Named; 7: The Thach Weave Gets Help from Hollywood; 8: Battle of the Philippine Sea; 9: Operations Officer: Destination Leyte; 10: Operations Officer: Destination Tokyo Bay; 11: Perspectives on Task Force Personalities; 12: Hollywood Again, Pensacola, and Unification; 13: Korean War Combat on USS Sicily. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 14: Inchon, Chosin Reservoir, and Final Korean Operations15: Commanding Officer to Flag Rank; 16: Task Group Alpha; 17: Commander, Antisubmarine Warfare Force, Pacific; 18: Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air); 19: Four Stars, Last Call, and Honors; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. | |
| 520 | |a This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots-Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley-who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II. While O'Hare and Flatley were instrumental in making the ""weave"" a success, Thach was its theoretical innovator, and his use of the tactic in combat at Midway documented its practical application. This portrait of the famous pilot provides a memorable account of how Thach, convinced that his Wildcat was no match for Japan's formidable Zero, found a way to give his squadron a fighting chance. Using m. | ||
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