F4F Wildcat Vs A6M Zero-Sen: Pacific Theater 1942

by Edward M. Young

From Coral Sea to Midway to Guadalcanal and Santa Cruz, these fighters battled for air supremacy over the Pacific in World War II. The Grumman F4F Wildcat and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen were contemporaries, although designed to very different requirements. Ruggedly built so as to survive the rigors of carrier operations, the Wildcat was the best carrier fighter the US Navy had available when the USA entered World War II, and it remained the principal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178096322X
• ISBN13: 9781780963228
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.6"