U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft: Two Classics in One Volume

By William T. Larkins

Book Overview

More than thirty years after their first publication, William T. Larkins's illustrated surveys of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft remain two of the most valuable books about these airplanes ever written. First published in 1959 and 1961, these two volumes have become classics eagerly sought in the rare-book market by aviation buffs worldwide. They have become the criteria against which serious aviation research is measured. With over 1,000 photographs combined, they remain the definitive record of the formative years for Navy and Marine Corps aviation. Larkins's emphasis throughout is on squadron use, experimental and one-of-a-kind types, insignia, colors and marking schemes, technical innovations, and the service duty and tactical deployment of the various aircraft.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887407420
• ISBN13: 9780887407420
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941/U.S. Marine CorpsAircraft 1914

U.S. Navy Aircraft 1921-1941/U.S.Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959 by William T. Larkins is the best book I've found on Naval Aviation. Would love to see a book like this up to the present.This is really a great book.

Probably one of the best pictorial books on Naval Aviation.

Mr. Larkins book has many rare photos and is one of the best if not the best Naval Aviation books around.