Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18
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Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781682473214 Format: Cloth over boards Year: 2025 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Description: USS Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 (VF 18) was one of the U. S. Navy's highest scoring carrier units of World War II. Despite having only one combat veteran in its roster, its aviators including Cecil "Speedball" Harris, the Navy's second ranking ace were credited with shooting down more than 170 planes during their 81 day tour

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781682473214
Format: Cloth over boards
Year: 2025
Publisher: Naval Institute Press


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USS Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) was one of the U.S. Navy's highest-scoring carrier units of World War II. Despite having only one combat veteran in its roster, its aviators-including Cecil "Speedball" Harris, the Navy's second-ranking ace-were credited with shooting down more than 170 planes during their 81-day tour of duty, earning the squadron the nickname "Two-a-Day 18" in newspapers nationwide. How did a novice unit with a comparatively short time in theater accomplish such a feat?

To answer this question, Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 follows squadron members through training, into combat, and finally to the end of their harrowing stories-whether they took the return trip home or made the ultimate sacrifice. Drawing extensively on archival and family collections, author Mike Fink reveals the personalities of these men and the binding friendships they built. "Moe" Mollenhauer, Fighting 18's youngest pilot, had a score to settle with the Japanese. Outspoken "Punchy" Mallory incredibly was reprimanded for shooting down enemy planes. Andthe squadron's best-known figure, Cecil "Speedball" Harris, took the lead in preparing his peers for war before they took their place at the tip of the Navy's spear. Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 is as much about the bonds these young men formed as it is about Pacific War history.

The men of Fighting 18 joined the Navy's massive fast-carrier force in August 1944-just in time to participate in the last great air and sea battles in the Pacific. They were one of the first squadrons to engage Japan's massive battleship force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

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