The Escort Carrier of The Second World War by Wragg, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION I - A SHORTAGE OF FLIGHT DECKS

Aircraft Transports and Hybrid Carriers Convoys The Merchant Aircraft Carriers Operating aboard the MAC-Ships Striking Back at the U-Boats Notes

II - THE ESCORTS APPEAR

Notes

III - LIFE ABOARD

Accommodation Life with the Merchant Navy Aboard the Escorts Notes

IV - THE AIRCRAFT

Fairey Barracuda Fairey Swordfish Grumman Avenger Grumman Hellcat Grumman Wildcat Hawker Sea Hurricane Supermarine Seafire Supermarine Walrus Vought Corsair Note

V - WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

The First Phase The Second Phase The Birth of Canadian Naval Aviation The Third Phase The Fourth Phase

VI - HUNTER-KILLER FORCES

The Capture of U-505 Hunter-Killer Groups Vindex’s First U-Boat Notes

VII - THE ARCTIC CONVOYS

Convoy PQ18 Keeping the Convoy Route Open Notes

VIII - TAKING THE WAR TO THE ENEMY

Onto the Mainland – The Salerno Landings Landing in the South of France Attacking the German Convoys The Offensive against the Tirpitz Notes

IX - TAKING THE WAR TO THE ENEMY

Pressing towards Rabaul Leyte Gulf Royal Navy returns to the East Sink the Haguro Aboard the Escort Carriers Notes

X - THE JAPANESE AUXILIARY CARRIERS

The Japanese Auxiliaries

XI - AFTER THE WAR

Serving with the Dutch and the French Navies Searching for a Role Post-War The American Carriers

XII - THE LIGHT CARRIERS Appendix I - STANDARD CONVOY AIR PATROL CODENAMES Appendix II - MERCHANT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS – MAC-SHIPS Appendix III - ROYAL NAVY ESCORT CARRIERS Appendix IV - UNITED STATES NAVY ESCORT CARRIERS Appendix V - UNITED STATES NAVY ESCORT CARRIERS BY PENNANT NUMBER Appendix VI - JAPANESE AUXILIARY CARRIERS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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