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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 4

C IV, 77
C-5A, 696
C-15 engine. See V-1710
C-23, 269
C-47 (Skytrain), 670
C-87 (Liberator), 245, 252, 253
C-97, 525
C-99, 517
C-109, 252
C-119 (Flying Boxcar), 671
C-130 (Hercules), 670
Ca 5: 38–39
Ca 33: 38
Caldwell, Clive, 298
Camel (British), 30, 30, 145, 146
Cambodia
Cessna airplanes for, 662
Douglas airplanes for, 606
North American airplanes for, 661
Canada
Brewster airplanes for, 431
Convair (Consolidated) airplanes for, 253, 368, 369, 370, 373
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 306, 411
Douglas airplanes for, 233
See also A-37; AT-28; T-37
CF-5A (Canadian), 688
CF-5B (Canadian), 688
CF-18A (Canadian), 702
Grumman airplanes for, 645
Lockheed airplanes for, 385, 386, 390, 580, 591, 599
McDonnell airplanes for, 578, 578
McDonnell Douglas airplanes for, 702
North American airplanes for, 198, 262, 339
Northrop airplanes for, 190
Vega airplanes for, 388, 389
Vought airplanes for, 139
Canadair airplanes
F-86 production, 537
F-104 production, 688
Canadian Car & Foundry airplanes, 443
designation of, 433
See also SBW
Canberra. See B-57
Canberra (British), 559
Canso. See Catalina (British)
Caproni airplanes, 4, 6, 37, 38–39
See also Ca 33
Carter, Jimmy, 707
Catalina. See OA-10; PB2B; PBY
Catalina (British), 365, 366, 366, 367–68, 367, 368, 370, 370, 371, 372–73, 372, 374
catapults, launching aircraft by, 6, 8, 129, 130–32, 143–44 , 150, 378
CB (Curtiss Battler), 28
Central Intelligence Agency, 331–32, 340, 492, 498, 499, 561, 591, 599, 654, 656
Cessna airplanes, export of, 662–63
CF-18B (Canadian), 702
CF-101B (Canadian), 578, 578, 584
CF-101F (Canadian), 578
CF-104 (Canadian), 580
CF-104D (Canadian), 580
CG-1 (G-23), 443
Chaco War, 447
Chad, Douglas airplanes for, 606
Chain Lightning. See P-58
Chance Vought airplanes. See Vought airplanes
Chandler, Capt. Charles D., 2
Charger, 664, 664
Charioteer (war plan), 491

Chase, Maj. Levi, 302–3
Cheney, Richard, 702
Chennault, Col. Claire, 274, 287
Chesapeake (British), 213, 424, 425
Chile
Cessna airplanes for, 663
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 90
Douglas airplanes for, 212, 492–93
Lockheed airplanes for, 522
North American airplanes for, 199
Vought airplanes for, 408
China
Bellanca airplanes for, 197
Boeing airplanes for, 70, 272, 509
Convair (Consolidated) airplanes for, 254
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 187, 187, 188, 226, 227, 287–88, 287, 293, 293, 298, 306, 447, 448, 448
Douglas airplanes for, 97, 98
Lockheed airplanes for, 386, 500
Martin airplanes for, 228, 228
North American airplanes for, 262, 337, 339
Northrop airplanes for, 166, 188, 188
Republic airplanes for, 324, 325, 331
Vought airplanes for, 138–39, 396, 397, 397, 398
Vultee airplanes for, 195, 197, 324
Chinese Air Force, 188, 204, 272, 324
Chinese airplanes, in World War II, 386
Chinese civil war, 138–39, 339, 396
Chrysler XIV-2220 engine, 328–29, 346
CHY engine, 282
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 331–32, 340, 492, 498, 499, 561, 591, 599, 654, 656
CK CO-2. See CO-2
CL-901 (Italian), 5800
Clark CHY airfoil, 282
Clinton, President, 713
Cloudster. See DT-1
CO-1, 77, 77
CO-2, 77, 77, 78, 79, 79
CO-3, 77
CO-4, 77–78, 78
CO-4A, 78, 78
CO-5, 79, 79
CO-5A, 79, 79
CO-6, 79, 80
CO-6B, 79
CO-6C, 79
CO-7, 79–80
CO-7A, 80
CO-7B, 80, 80
CO-8, 79, 80, 80
COA-1, 81, 81, 133
Coast Guard aviation
interwar period, 96, 106–107, 131, 134, 367, 404
Cold War, 593
Cochran, Jacqueline, 279
COIN (counter-insurgency) aircraft, 663–65
Cold War. See Korean War; Vietnam War; term Cold War under aircraft type, e.g.: bombers: Cold War
Colombia
Bellanca airplanes for, 226–27, 227
Cessna airplanes for, 663
Convair (Consolidated) airplanes for, 114
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 90–91, 90, 166, 447, 448
Douglas airplanes for, 493
Lockheed airplanes for, 522
Seversky airplanes for, 276, 277
computers, 1st centralized digital in naval aviation, 598
Condor. See B-2; BT-32; Fw 200
Congo (Zaire), North American airplanes for, 661

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