American Nightfighter Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of... - Thompson, Warren

American Nightfighter Aces of World War 2Author(s): Warren Thompson, Chris Davey, Andrew Thomas, Mark Postlethwaite\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781846033063, 978-1846033063\nSynopsis\nAn illustrated description of the famous US Nightfighter aces and their planes.\n\nThe Americans lagged behind their European contemporaries in military aviation in the late 1930s, and it took the Battle of Britain to awaken America to the necessity of having aircraft that could defend targets against night-time attack by bomber aircraft. This book examines the numerous aircraft types that were used by the US in this role, beginning with the early stop-gap conversions like the TBM Avenger, Lockheed Ventura and the A-20 Havoc (P-70). It goes on to detail the combat history of the newer, radar-equipped Hellcats, Corsairs and Black Widows that were designed to seek out enemy aircraft and which registered most of the kills m.