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Slingshot Warbirds: World War II U.S. Navy Scout-observation Airmen by William Neufeld (Paperback, 2003)

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ISBN-13: 9780786407880, 978-0786407880. Slingshot Warbirds. Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc, United States.

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A unique and little-known chapter in World War II naval aviation history concerns the exploits of the scout-observation pilots who flew from the battleships and cruisers of the U.S. Navy. To carry out their missions, they were launched from their ships by catapult. On returning, their float-equipped aircraft landed on the water and the plane and crew were crane-hoisted aboard the vessel. In compiling this work, the author culled from the naval archives many of the ships' action reports and war diaries that detail the accounts of these airmen. In addition he meticulously edited the personal records of 27 veteran airmen who related stories of intense and excruciatingly difficult missions.