Название: Osprey Combat Aircraft 40 - PBJ Mitchell Units of the Pacific War
Автор: Jerry Scutts
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2003
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 96
Размер: 52,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

Flown exclusively by the US Marines, the PBJ was one of those rare examples of an air force type being procured by the navy due to its ability to do exactly the job that was required of it. Bought as a land-based patrol bomber for operations in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II (1939-1945), the PBJ (Patrol, Bomber, North American) was kitted out to hunt down submarines as well as surface vessels.