BOOKs: Title: "Consolidated-Vultee PB4Y-2 Privateer: The Operational History of the U.S. Navy's World War II Patrol/Bomber Aircraft by Alan C. Carey."

Product Details:
ISBN: 0764321668
Format: Paperback, 176pp
Pub. Date: March 2005
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd

The first comprehensive examination of the Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation's (Convair) PB4Y-2 Privateer, a 70,000-pound patrol bomber equipped with state-of-the-art electronics gear, armed with twelve .50-caliber machine guns, and the capability to deliver bombs, depth charges, and guided missiles. Beginning with the development and production of the aircraft, this book presents an in-depth examination of the patrol bomber's entire operational history from 1942 to the present. Containing nearly 300 color and b/w photographs and line art, the book covers the PB4Y-2's service with the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, French Aeronavale, Republic of China Air Force, various countries of Latin America, and finally as a slurry bomber for aerial fire fighting companies.

USN squadrons covered in the book include: VP-23, VP-24, VP-25, VP-26, VP-28, VP-772, VP-801, VP-871, VP-881, VPB-102, VPB-104, VPB-106, VPB-107, VPB-108, VPB-109, VPB-111, VPB-114, VPB-116, VPB-117, VPB-118, VPB-119, VPB-120, VPB-121, VPB-122, VPB-123, VPB-124, VPB-143, VPB-197, VPB-200, VPW-1 and VPW-2. [20JAN2005]

ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: "...I'm interested in obtaining post WW-II photos of PB4Ys including those that served with France, China, and other countries. A few squadrons that flew PB4Y include: VD-2, VP-9, VP-17, VP-22, VP-23, VP-24, VP-28, VP-42, VP-120, VP-122, VP-143, VP-197, VP-200, VP-772, VP-871, VPW-1, VPW-2, VPW-3, VPM-1, VJ-1, VJ-61, VW-1, VW-2, VC-11, to mention a few! As you know, the PB4Y-2 continues to serve after 56 years of service. I am thinking of doing a pictorial history of the PB4Y-1 and 2 (1946-Present). Anyone interested contributing photos and stories will be credited in the book. I will pay for the cost of copying. Sincerely, Alan C. Carey acarey@austin.rr.com..." [06JUN2000]

BOOKs: Title: "Above an Angry Sea: United States B-24 Liberator and PB4Y-2 Privateer Operations in the Pacific (October 1944 to August 1945) by Alan C. Carey acarey@austin.rr.com. Above an Angry Sea chronicles USN B-24 Liberator (PB4Y-1) and PB4Y-2 Privateer operations in the Pacific. The author's previous book, We Flew Alone, discussed the Navy's use of the B-24 Liberator from February 1943 to September 1944. He now examines in dramatic detail the use of the B-24 and PB4Y-2 during the last eleven months of the war against Japan. The author has collected personal stories, over 200 photographs, a tabulation of all aerial kills credited to PB4Y patrol plane commanders, a roster of all personnel killed in action or in the line of duty, individual squadron records, and a list of all known B-24 Liberators and PB4Y-2 Privateers assigned to the Pacific between 1943 and 1945. , over 200 b/w and color photographs, 8 1/2" x 11" Squadrons mentioned: VP-101, VP-102, VP-104, VP-106, VP-108, VP-109, VP-111, VP-115, VP-116, VP-117, VP-118, VP-119, VP-120, VP-122, VP-123, VD-4, and VD-5. [16MAR2001]

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BOOKs: Title: Above an Angry Sea by Alan C. Carey "...Operations in the Pacific October 1944 through August 1945..." Squadrons mentioned: VPB-101, VPB-102, VPB-104, VPB-106, VPB-108, VPB-109, VPB-111, VPB-115, VPB-116, VPB-117, VPB-118, VPB-119, VPB-120, VPB-121, VPB-122, VPB-123, VPB-124, VD-4, and , VD-5. Contact Alan C. Carey acarey@austin.rr.com for ordering information. [06JAN2001]

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BOOKs: Title: The Reluctant Raiders: The Reluctant Raiders: The History of VB/VPB-109 by Alan Carey acarey@austin.rr.com" Squadron mentioned in this book include: VB-102, VB-108, VB-116, VPB-118, VPB-123, VD-3. [10DEC98]

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BOOKs: Title: We Flew Alone: United States Navy B-24 Squadrons in the Pacific (February 1943-September 1944) by Alan C. Carey acarey@austin.rr.com "...This is the story of men who served in a little known aspect of World War II, United States Navy patrol bombing squadrons which flew the B-24 Liberator. This book covers the period from February 1943 to September 1944-from the time of the first Navy heavy bombing (VB) squadron's arrival in the South Pacific, during the Solomon and the New Georgia Campaigns, to the final campaigns in the Central Pacific. These bomber crews flew often alone on searches that extended 800 to 1,000 nautical miles across an empty and unforgiving ocean. When a crew was lost, more often than not, their fellow squadron members never knew what happened to them. This book is dedicated to those who paid the extreme price and for the survivors who flew alone in the B-24 PB4Y-1 Liberator..." [31JUL2000]

"...I am having a book published on all PB4Y-1 and PB4Y-2 Squadrons which served in the Pacific. This will be a very extensive project and I will need additional photographs and stories. This book will cover the combat history of VP/VPB-101, VP/VPB-102, VP/VPB-104, VP/VPB-106, VP/VPB-108, VP/VPB-109, VP/VPB-111, VP/VPB-115, VP/VPB-116, VP/VPB-117, VP/VPB-118, VP/VPB-119, VP/VPB-120, VP/VPB-121, VP/VPB-122, VP/VPB-123, VP/VPB-124, VD-1, VD-3, VD-4, and VD-5. Anyone interested contributing photos and stories will be credited in the book. I will pay for the cost of copying. Sincerely, Alan C. Carey acarey@austin.rr.com..." [30DEC98]

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BOOKs: Title: "Log of the Liberators: An Illustrated History of the B-24" by Steve. Birdsall [Squadrons mentioned: VP-24, VB-48, VB-51, VB-55, VP-63, VP-64, VB-101/VPB-101, VB-102, VB-103, VB-104/VPB-104, VB-106/VPB-106, VB-108/VPB-108, VB-109/VPB-109, VPB-111, VB-115, VPB-116, VPB-117, VPB-118, VPB-123, VPB-124, VB-128, VB-129, VB-130, VB-131, VB-132, VB-133, VB-134, VB-135, VB-136, VB-137, VB-138, VPB-139/VPB-139, VB-140, VB-141, VB-143, VB-147, VB-148/VPB-148, VB-154/VPB-154, VPB-156, VPB-157, VPB-159, VB-193, VC-5, VD-1, VD-3, VD-5, VW-3, etc.] ISBN:0-385-03870-4 Printed by Doubleday & Company, Inc Garden City, New York. Book information contributed by Bill Woodard billwood@mail.utexas.edu [07JAN2001]

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