Black Cats and Dumbos: WWII's Fighting PBYs [Paperback]

Mel Crocker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 273 pages
• Publisher: Aero Publishers; 1st edition (October 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830683917
• ISBN-13: 978-0830683918
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,381,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The great PBY Catalina and her crews, March 26, 2010

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Leslie G. Miller "TheInternetPrinter" (Ruse, New South Wales, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This book was written by a PBY Catalina pilot who served in World War 2. This edition has been updated by the original author's eldest son. It consists of segments of interviews with PBY pilots and crews, and gives a very good insight into the activities that the airman undertook from those airmen's points of view.
Whilst the book covers PBY operations undertaken by all the allied forces all over the globe, there is a heavy emphasis on the south west Pacific theatre of the war. This does not diminish the book's two predominant themes: 1) the PBY Catalina was a very robust aircraft that performed far beyond its original design specifications; and, 2) the men who operated these aircraft in a time of conflict were very capable people whom were devoted to a cause.
It is a great read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Black Cats and Dumbos: WW II's Fighting PBYs, January 8, 2011

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Great insight into the great PBYs, the men who flew them, and a lot of WWII action off the main stream.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for the warplane buff., October 31, 2008

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This was a chapter of the war that I never really knew about. Great stories and personal encounters that show why this was America's greatest Generation.