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The first VF-2 was a prewar unit that had been dubbed the 'hottest outfit afloat' due to the skill of their non-commissioned pilots. This first unit only saw combat at the Battle of the Coral Sea, but VF-2 pilots flying Grumman F4F Wildcats were able to rack up 17 claims there during the bitter 48-hour period of fighting. The second 'Fighting Two' was armed with the new Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter. Arriving in Hawaii in October 1943, the squadron so impressed Cdr Edward H 'Butch' O'Hare, the Medal of Honor winning first US Navy ace of World War 2, that he requested the squadron replace VF-6 in his Carrier Air Group 6 aboard USS Enterprise. No other US Navy unit created as many aces as VF-2, whose pilots went into action over the Carolines, Marianas, Guam, Iwo Jima and the Battle of the Philippines Sea. Using exquisite photographs and first-hand accounts from the elite fliers themselves, this volume tells the story of the ace pilots who comprised the original VF-2 and the second.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Warfare & defence Weapons & equipment

• Full title: F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat Aces of VF-2
• Author: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9781472805584
• ISBN: 1472805585
• ID: 05192083
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 312 g
• Dimensions: 186 × 248 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. February 2015

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