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Cargando... Skua: The Royal Navy's Dive-Bomberpor Peter C. Smith
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The Blackburn Skua was the first monoplane to be designed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. As a result of continued debate, it became a compromise between the Navys desire for a carrier-based dive-bomber and RAFs preference for a fighter. Despite being the first to shoot down a Luftwaffe aircraft in World War II, early operations in Norway found the type woefully inadequate as a fighter.As a dive-bomber, the Royal Navy put the design to good use from the outset of WWII. It was involved with the hunt for the Graff Spee, sunk the major warship Koln, suffered with great loss in an attack on the Scharnhorst, helped to keep the German advance at bay during the Dunkirk evacuation and attacked the French rogue battleship Richelieu in the Mediterranean.This book relates how the final design was created, how the dive-bombing technique was developed and perfected by naval pilots and traces the wartime operational career of the type with many first-hand accounts. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — Cargando...GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)623.7463Technology Engineering and allied operations Military Engineering and Marine Engineering Military Aviation; Military Wheeled & Tracked Vehicles; Related Technologies Military Aviation; Military Wheeled & Tracked Vehicles Military Aviation BombersClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio: (3.5)
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The dichotomy of so many of the Amazon reviews was interesting. Several complain about the how mundane the Skua was while other complain there was too much technical detail in the book.
It's important to remember the era in which the Skua was conceived and built. The Skua is the perfect representation of the Fleet Air Arm and Blackburn in the late 1930's. The FAA was seeking a transitional all metal do-it all aircraft within the restrictions imposed by budgets,politics and the RAF while Blackburn had the ability to build aircraft that exactly met customer specifications. (Not always a good thing, given the number of failed designs they produced.)
The result was the Skua.
As far as the complaints of too much detail? Don't read the sections that aren't of interest to you.
Considering the overall performance of the Skua, it's accomplishments and length of service are quite amazing. The Skua was there for the FAA to develop dive bombing tactics, provided the initial cadre of trained pilots, and was in service when it was needed.
Highly recommended as a volume on the Skua, as a prewar and early war history of the FAA. (