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American Combat Planes of the 20th Century is an incredible reference for anyone who is interested in any American Combat Plane History. There are 758 pages and 1700 b/w photos in this substantial labor of love by Ray Wagner, who has been passionately researching and writing about aircraft for over 50 years. Whether you are already familiar with his past works, or just discovering this accomplished author for the first time... This is the book that you've been waiting for!

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AMERICAN COMBAT PLANES
OF THE 20th CENTURY

INDEX 17

PB4Y-2B, 392
PB4Y-2S, 392
PBB-1 (Sea Ranger), 382, 383, 383, 386, 387
PBJ-1 (Mitchell), 390
PBJ-1C, 260
PBJ-1D, 260, 260
PBJ-1G, 260
PBJ-1H, 260, 260
PBJ-1J, 260, 260
PBM (Mariner), 254, 365–66, 377–80
PBM-1, 368, 369, 370, 377, 377, 378
PBM-2, 378, 383
PBM-3, 378–79, 379
PBM-3C, 373, 378, 379
PBM-3D, 379, 379
PBM-3R, 379
PBM-3S, 379, 379
PBM-4, 378, 379
PBM-5, 379, 380, 380
PBM-5A, 380, 380
PBM-5G, 380
PBM-5S, 380
PBN-1 (Nomad), 371–72, 371
PBO-1 (Hudson), 369, 370, 386, 386
PBS-1, 374, 374
PBY (Catalina), 107, 123, 127, 274, 361, 362–73, 375, 376, 386, 390, 595
PBY-1, 165, 171, 363, 363, 365, 365
PBY-2, 363–65, 364, 368
PBY-3, 365, 365, 367, 369
PBY-4, 365–67, 366, 367, 373
PBY-5, 169, 363, 367, 367, 368, 369, 370, 372, 373, 379
PBY-5A, 366, 366, 368, 369, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373
PBY-5B, 369–70, 370
PBY-6A, 372, 372, 373
PD-1, 106, 106
Pe-2 (Russian), 207
Pe-3 (Russian), 207
Peace Falcon agreement, 700
Peacekeeper missile, 710
Pearl Harbor, 8–9, 118, 123, 204, 286
Pegasus (LB-1), 44, 44
Pegasus engine, 675
Pershing, Gen., 28, 40–41
Persian Gulf War, 658–60
    antisubmarine operations, 648
    attack planes, 665, 668, 669, 674, 677, 678
    bombers, 710
    fighters, 683, 692, 695–96, 700, 702
    gunships, 672
Peru
    Cessna airplanes for, 663
    Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 91, 226, 290, 448
    Douglas airplanes for, 98, 192, 193, 492
    Grumman airplanes for, 646
    Lockheed airplanes for, 522
    North American airplanes for, 294,
    Vought airplanes for, 139, 396 PG-1, 55–56, 56
PH-1, 106
PH-2, 107, 109
PH-3, 107
Phantom. See FH-1
Phantom II. See F-4
Philippines
Boeing airplanes for, 272–73
North American airplanes for, 339, 340, 661, 665
Phoenix missile (AIM-54), 652, 654, 690, 691, 692, 693
Pigeon Fraser, 26
Piper airplanes, 184
Pirate. See F6U; LB-5
piston engines, 12, 14

PK-1, 106, 107
PM-1, 106, 106, 107, 108, 165
PM-2, 106, 108
PM-3E, 378
PN-1, 54, 54
PN-5, 103
PN-6, 103
PN-7, 103, 104
PN-8, 103
PN-9, 103, 104, 114
PN-10, 105, 105
PN-11, 107
PN-12, 105, 106, 106
Po-2 (Russian), 540
Pogo. See FY-1
Pokryshkin, Alexander, 321
Polaris missiles, 597
Pomilio airplanes. See BVL-12; FVL-8
Portugal
Curtiss airplanes for, 434
Lockheed airplanes for, 590, 599
North American airplanes for, 537
Republic airplanes for, 331, 529
Vought airplanes for, 674
Powers, Gary, 500
PQM-102A, 576
PQM-102B, 576
Pratt & Whitney engines, 66, 223
See also F100; F119; F401; J42; J48; J52; J57; J58; J75; JSF119; R-985A; R-1340; R-1535; R-1690; R-1830; R-2000; R-2180; R-2800; R-4360; T74; TF30; X-1800 (H-2600)
Preddy, George, 336
Privateer. See PB4Y-2
Project Homerun, 558
Prowler. See EA-6
PS-1, 56–57, 57, 108, 109
PS-2 (S-38A), 108, 110
PS-3, 109, 109, 110
PT-1, 116, 116
PT-2, 116, 117
PT-3, 91
PTBH-1, 373
PTBH-2, 373, 373
Puteaux gun. See Baldwin cannon: automatic
PV (Ventura), 379
PV-1 (Ventura), 389–90, 389
PV-2 (Harpoon), 389, 390, 390, 593
PV-2D, 390
PV-3 (Ventura), 388–89
PW-1, 54, 54
PW-1A, 54, 54
PW-2, 54–55, 54, 55, 57, 58
PW-2A, 55, 55, 57
PW-2B, 55, 55
PW-3, 55, 55
PW-4, 56, 56, 65
PW-5, 57, 57
PW-6, 57, 58
PW-7, 57, 58, 68, 68
PW-8, 59, 60, 59, 60, 65, 68
PW-8A, 60, 62, 65–66
PW-8B, 60, 62
PW-9, 59–60, 60, 61, 62, 65, 147
PW-9A, 12, 59
PW-9B, 59
PW-9C, 59, 61
PW-9D, 59, 61, 68
PY-1, 110–111, 111, 113
Pye, Capt. Claude S., 43–44

Q
QB-17, 503
QF-4, 683
QF-80, 521
QF-104, 579
QF-106A, 584
Quail missile (ADM-20A), 567
Quarles, Donald A., 563

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