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Ginter Books Grumman AF Guardian 020

Ginter Books Grumman AF Guardian 020

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SKU: GIN020
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In 1953, the mainstay of carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) forces in the Navy was represented by a pair of Grumman AF-2W and AF-2S Guardians flying as a hunter-killer team and operating from an escort carrier of the Commencement Bay(CVE-105) class. The Guardian's wingspan of 60 feet, length of 43 feet 5 inches, and height of 16 feet 7 inches made it the largest single-engine piston-driven airplane ever to operate from an aircraft carrier.......

--Robert J. Kowalski

80 PAGES, 128-B&W PHOTOS, 8-COLOR PHOTOS, 22-PAGE DRAWINGS