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Posted by Craig Bennett on August 30, 2024, 5:28:22, in reply to "Re: Books about fast carriers operational matters"
Yes the book uses alot of govt sources and here's what's listed in the book's bibliography section .
Under official manuals and instructions.
USF 10A Current tactical Orders and Doctrine
USN 1944
USF 74B Current tactical orders and Doctrine US Fleet aircraft Volume 1 Carrier Aircraft USN 1944
USF 77A Current Tactical Orders Aircraft Carriers
US FLeet 1943
Radar Bullentin 8A (GPO ,Navy Dept,1950)
HQ of the Commander in Chief,US Fleet,War Instructions,USN,1944
There's more but it's too much for me to type.
HTH.
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Is this book anything more than a re-hash of the USF fleet and carrier doctrine manuals?
One of the things that's been holding up my Essex class book is an inability to find anything in the way of flight deck operations manuals. Nothing on spotting, strike launches, etc. found so far at NARA. Osprey books seldom list sources but it might be worth it for me if they point in directions I didn't think about. Previous Message
Try getting the Osprey book elite # 232 WW2 US FAST CARRIER TASK FORCE TACTICS 1943-1945.It covers alot with carrier flight deck operations,Task force formation and how escort ships are deployed,air groups,planes, and briefly touches on the supply line that the carriers had.
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Hi,
I have read The Fast Carriers, which is really good about the strategic matters on shaping and using an air navy. I would like to read something else about the ‘petty’ operational aspects of running an air group in WWII: time needed for spotting, arming, fueling, launching and recovering the planes - for a given number of planes in a wave, how many waves a single carrier could have launched in a day and so on… Regarding the IJN these aspect are very well covered in Shattered Sword, but nothing or very little is said about the US carriers. Two very different approaches indeed, since the US Navy performed the rearming and refueling of the planes on the deck, the IJN mostly in the hangar. I would also like to know something about the fleet formations and, for example, what the screen did while the carriers turned into the wind for launching and recovering.
Any suggestion about useful books and resources would be very appreciated.
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