PV Ventura/Harpoon Units of World War 2
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- ISBN 9781841763835
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 180 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jul 2002
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A development of the successful Lockheed ‘medium twins’ of the late 1930s, the PV Ventura/Harpoon family of patrol bombers saw widespread service with both the US Navy/Marine Corps and the TAF and Commonwealth from October 1942 onwards.
The USAAF also used surplus Venturas originally ordered by the RAF, designated B-34 Lexingtons, in the bomber training and coastal patrol roles. The final variant in this family was the larger PV-2 Harpoon, which was built to a US Navy requirement from March 1944 onwards. Used primarily in the Pacific, 470 Harpoons saw frontline service on anti-shipping and submarine patrols through to VJ-Day.
This book covers each of these variants in complete illustrated detail.
Based in Round Rock, Texas, Alan C Carey has worked as a freelance aviation author since 1999. A former member of the US Marine Corps Reserve and Army Reserve, he has previously authored books on the PB4Y-1 Liberator, PB4Y-2 Privateer and the PBJ/B-25 Mitchell for Schiffer Publishing Ltd. This is his first book for Osprey.
Tom Tullis has illustrated a number of books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. His books include Aircraft of the Aces 26: ‘Mustang and Thunderbolt Aces of the Pacific and CBI’, and Combat Aircraft 20: ‘TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy’.
