Flight Deck: US Navy Carrier Operations 1940-1945

An aircraft carrier\'s flight deck is often described as choreographed chaos and one of the most dangerous places to work. United States Navy flight and deck crews had their hands full just trying to stay alive during World War II. This hazardous duty was due to bad weather, rain slicked decks, turning propellers, highly volatile aviation fuel, bombs, rockets, and out of control aircraft landing. Add to those elements enemy bombs, strafing aircraft, and the dreaded kamikaze and it is a wonder that anyone on the flight deck made it home alive.Paperback, 8-1/2 x 11, 64 pages, 8-pages color, 148 b/w