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Les porte-avions français : des origines (1911) à nos jours / Francis Dousset ; avec la collaboration de Jean Randier ; préface de Jean Labayle-Couhat

Author:
Dousset, Francis  Search this
Randier, Jean  Search this
Subject:
France Marine History  Search this
Physical description:
159 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
France
Date:
1978
C1978
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Call number:
V874.5.F8 D74 1978
V874.5.F8D74 1978
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_275106

Japanese carrier air groups, 1941-45 / by René J. Francillon ; colour plates by Tom Brittain ... [et. al]

Author:
Francillon, René J  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Date:
1979
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Call number:
D777.F7X 1979
Data Source:
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edanmdm:siris_sil_262789

Carrier combat / David Wragg

Author:
Wragg, David W  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1997
C1997
20th century
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Air warfare--History  Search this
Naval battles--History  Search this
Military history, Modern  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_545972

Destined for glory : dive bombing, Midway, and the evolution of carrier airpower / Thomas Wildenberg

Author:
Wildenberg, Thomas 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
C1998
Topic:
Naval aviation--History  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Bombing, Aerial--History  Search this
Dive bombers--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_554700

American & British aircraft carrier development, 1919-1941 / Thomas C. Hone, Norman Friedman, & Mark D. Mandeles

Title:
American and British aircraft carrier development, 1919-1941
Author:
Hone, Thomas  Search this
Friedman, Norman 1946-  Search this
Mandeles, Mark David 1950-  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy Aviation History  Search this
Great Britain Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm History  Search this
Physical description:
x, 248 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Great Britain
Date:
1999
C1999
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_590312

The Blue Ghost : the ship that couldn't be sunk / by Art Giberson

Author:
Giberson, Art  Search this
Subject:
Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1943-1991) History  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 67 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Call number:
VA65.L4 G53 2000
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_606075

British aircraft carriers design, development and service histories David Hobbs

Author:
Hobbs, David 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
384 pages, 12 pages of plates illustrations 29 cm
Type:
Books
History
Naval history
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2013
20th century
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Aircraft carriers--Design and construction  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British  Search this
Aircraft carriers  Search this
History, Naval  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1113540

World War I seaplane and aircraft carriers / Mark Lardas ; illustrated by Paul Wright

Title:
World War One seaplane and aircraft carriers
Author:
Lardas, Mark  Search this
Illustrator:
Wright, Paul 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2016
20th century
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Seaplanes--History  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1075729

Naval aviation in the First World War : its impact and influence / R.D. Layman

Author:
Layman, R. D. 1928-  Search this
Physical description:
224 p., [16] p. of plates ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
Topic:
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations  Search this
Naval aviation--History  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Seaplanes--History  Search this
Call number:
D580 .L39 1996
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_503090

US carrier war / Kev Darling

Author:
Darling, Kev  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy Aviation History  Search this
Physical description:
v, 361 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2011
20th century
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Korean War, 1950-1953--Naval operations, American  Search this
Korean War, 1950-1953--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Naval operations, American  Search this
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American  Search this
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_984200

Sailor in the air : the memoirs of the world's first carrier pilot / Richard Bell Davies

Author:
Bell Davies, Richard 1886-1966  Search this
Subject:
Bell Davies, Richard 1886-1966  Search this
Physical description:
245 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2008
1067
Topic:
Naval aviation--History  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Air pilots, Military  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_990319

Feet wet : reflections of a carrier pilot / Paul T. Gillcrist

Author:
Gillcrist, Paul T  Search this
Subject:
Gillcrist, Paul T  Search this
United States Navy  Search this
United States Navy Aviation History  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 413 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1991
[1991], c1990
Topic:
Admirals  Search this
Fighter pilots  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Call number:
V63.G55 A3 1991
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_593824

Carrier operations in World War II, [by] J. D. Brown

Author:
Brown, J. D  Search this
Brown, David 1938-  Search this
Physical description:
v. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1968
1968-
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, British  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations  Search this
Call number:
D786.B76X 1968
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_284701

Lever for rearmament : the rise of the carrier / by Charles Mason Melhorn

Title:
Rise of the carrier
Author:
Melhorn, Charles M  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy History  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 264 leaves ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Chronology
Place:
United States
Date:
1987
1973
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
History, Naval  Search this
Call number:
V874.3 .M441 1973a
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_547016

Nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers : how the bomb saved naval aviation / Jerry Miller

Title:
How the bomb saved naval aviation
Author:
Miller, Jerry 1919-  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy Aviation History  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
C2001
20th century
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Nuclear weapons--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_615335

Scratch one flattop the first carrier air campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea Robert C. Stern

Title:
First carrier air campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea
Author:
Stern, Robert Cecil 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
316 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Coral Sea
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Aircraft carriers  Search this
Military campaigns  Search this
Military operations, Aerial  Search this
Military operations, Naval  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111530

On wave and wing : the 100-year quest to perfect the aircraft carrier / Barrett Tillman

Author:
Tillman, Barrett  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 332 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2017
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Naval aviation--History  Search this
Warships  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1089628

Aircraft carriers : an illustrated history of aircraft carriers of the world, from Zeppelin and seaplane carriers to V/STOL and nuclear-powered carriers, featuring over 170 aircraft carriers with 500 identification photographs / Bernard Ireland

Author:
Ireland, Bernard  Search this
Physical description:
256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2007
©2007
Topic:
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
Aircraft carriers--Design and construction  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1074846

Setting the rising sun : Halsey's aviators strike Japan, summer 1945 / Kevin A. Mahoney

Title:
Halsey's carriers strike Japan, summer 1945
Author:
Mahoney, Kevin A.  Search this
Subject:
Halsey, William F (William Frederick) 1882-1959  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 325 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Japan
United States
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1104683

Early U.S. Navy carrier raids, February-April 1942 : five operations that tested a new dimension of American air power / David Lee Russell

Author:
Russell, David Lee 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Case studies
History
Place:
Pacific Area
United States
Date:
2019
20th century
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns  Search this
Aircraft carriers--History  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American  Search this
Air power (Military science)  Search this
Raids (Military science)  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106115

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