Those Navy Guys and Their PBY's: The Aleutian Solution (Paperback)

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The large, ungainly, twin-engined flying boats used by the U.S. Navy as patrol aircraft played a significant if unheralded role in the Pacific and Atlantic during World War II; far more has been written about the Mustangs, Liberators, and Wildcats in the American air campaigns than of patrol planes like the PBY. Freeman does a solid job telling the story of this forgotten plane and the crews that flew it during a little-remembered 1942-43 campaign against the Japanese in the Aleutians. Useful for its depiction of service life on World War II's secondary fronts and suitable for comprehensive military and aircraft collections.
-John R. Vallely, Siena Coll. Lib., Loudonville, N.Y.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 267 pages
• Publisher: Kedging Publishing Company; 1st edition (July 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963246305
• ISBN-13: 978-0963246301
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,438,182 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic 1st hand account of WWII Combat, March 8, 1999

By A Customer

Not your typical dry (just the facts) type of account. Reading this book gives you an terrific incite into what it must have been like to fly in a PBY squadron with the greatest guys in the world. Elmer A. Freeman was there AND can write one hell of a good book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Those Navy Guys and Their PBY's : The Aleutian Solution, July 11, 2000

By A Customer

This first hand account of Mr. Freeman's experiences in a Navy PBY squadron during WWII is riveting. His descriptions of the months of training and a few mishaps are told with a large dose of self-deprecating wit, the quiet accounts of the darker times are told without any maudlin overtones. The reader is invited to share well-told memories that flow like much anticipated letters home from a friend; a friend who obviously loved those old PBY flying boats. Well worth the read.