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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 5

Conqueror. See V-1570 engine
Continental XI-1430 engine (XIV-1430), 341, 342, 343, 346, 356
Convair (Consolidated; Consolidated-Vultee) airplanes, 47, 73, 93, 106, 164
designations of, 382
export of, 114, 114, 244–45, 245, 246, 247, 253–54, 365, 365, 366, 366, 367–68, 367, 369–70, 371, 372–73, 376
See also A-41; B2Y; B-24; B-32; B-36; B-46; B-53; B-58; B-60; B-65; BY; Charger; F2Y; F-92; F-102; F-106; FY; O-42; P2Y; P3Y; P4Y; P5Y; P6Y; P-16; P-25; P-30 (PB-2); P-33; P-81; PB2Y; PB3Y; PBY; PT-3; PY-1
Convoy Fighter (Seversky 2PA), 279, 279
Cooper, Tom, 692n
Coronado. See PB2Y
Corona satellite program, 500
Corregidor. See P4Y-1
Corsair. See F2G (Goodyear), F3A-1; F4U; FG; O2U; O3U; O4U; SU
Corsair (British), 466, 467
Corsair II. See A-7
Costa Rica, North American airplanes for, 340
Cougar. See F9F-6; F9F-7; F9F-8
Coulam, Robert F., 691
Cox-Klemin airplanes. See A-1; CO-2; S-1
CP-140A, 599
Crusader. See F-8; F8U; RF-8A
CS-1, 119–120, 119, 120
CS-2, 120, 120
CT-1, 117, 117
Cuba
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 66, 411, 447
Douglas airplanes for, 493
Vought airplanes for, 131, 139, 408
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: 500, 568, 574, 579
Cunningham, Lt. Randy, 683
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes, 99–101, 102–103, 194, 409–12
18-B, 32, 33
18-T, 32–33, 32, 145, 145
18-T-2, 146
75. See H-75
76: 194
76D: 194
80: 314
80A: 314
Bristol Fighter production, 28, 28
designations of, 102, 147, 446
export of, 66, 99–100, 166, 184, 187, 187, 212, 212, 226, 276, 279, 292–93, 293, 297–98, 297, 299, 299, 301, 303, 305–6, 411, 434, 447–49
NBS-1 production, 41–42
Orenco D production, 33, 34
Spad production, 28
T model, 102
See also A-1 (Army); A-3 (Army); A-4 (Army); A-5 (Army); A-6 (Army); A-8; A-12; A-14; A-15; A-18; A-25; A-40; A-43; America; B-2 (Condor); BT-32; BT2C; BT2D; BTC; CB; CS-1; CS-2; CT-1; CW-19; CW-21; CW-24; F4C; F6C; F8C; F9C; F11C; F13C; F14C; F15C; F-87; Falcon; H-4; H-8; H-12; H-16; H-75; H-81; H86; H87; HA-1; HA-2; Hawk; HS-1L; HS-2; HS-3; JN-3; JN-4; NBS-4; NC-1/NC-4; NC-6; NC-7; NC-10; O-1; O-11; O-12; O-13; O-16; O-18; O-26; O-39; O-40; O-52; P-6E; P-10; P-30; P-31; P-36; P-37; P-40; P-42; P-46; P-53; P-55; P-60; P-62; P-71; P-87; P-934; PB-2; PN-1; R-2; R-4; R-6; S2C; S-3; S4C; S-6; SB2C; SB3C; SBC; SC-1/2 (Seahawk); S.E.5A; SO3C; SOC; TS; TS-1/3; XO-13; XO-1E; XPW-9A
Curtiss engines. See H-1640; H-1690; OX-5; R-2; R-4; T49; V-1150 (D-12); V-1400; V-1570; VXX
Cutlass. See F7U
CW-19, 292
CW-24, 343
Cyclone. See GR-1750 engine; R-1750 engine; R-1820 engine; R-2600; R-3350; SR-182
0 Cyclops (HB-1), 44–45, 45

CW-21, 292–93, 293
CW-21B, 293, 293
D
D (Orenco), 33, 34, 53
D-1 (Gallaudet), 129
D-2 (Gallaudet), 129
D-2 (Hughes), 219
D-2A (Hughes), 219
D-2 (Orenco), 55
D-4 (Gallaudet), 129, 129
D-5 (Hughes), 219
D VII, 13, 54, 57, 59, 77
D IX, 57, 58
D XI, 57, 58
D-12 engine. See V-1150
D-21, 657
Darkshark. See F2R
Dauntless. See SBD
Davis, Maj. George A., 534
Davis gun, 115
Dayton-Wright airplanes
B-1A production, 31
DH-4 production, 18–19, 18
DT-2 production, 118, 119, 120
USD-9A production, 19
See also B-1A; PS-1
DB-1, 23, 230–31, 231, 232
DB-1B, 23–24, 23
DB-2, 232, 232, 235
DB-3 (Ilyushin), 232
DB-4, 235–36
DB-7, 201, 201, 203–4, 206, 208, 348–49
DB-7A, 201–202, 202
DB-7B, 202, 203–4, 203, 207
DB-7C, 204, 207
DB-19, 425
DB-26J, 492
DB-36H, 518
DB-47, 568
DB-47B, 559
DB-47E, 559
DC-3, 230
DC-4, 235, 236
D-Day invasion, Normandy (1944), 205
De Havilland airplanes. See DH-4; DH-9; Mosquito; USD-9
Delta Dart. See F-106
DH-9A, 19, 21 Dickinson, Clarence E., 428 Digby (Canadian), 233 Digital Flight Control System (DF delta wing aircraft, 544–45, 574–77
Demon. See F3H
Demon (British), 271
Denmark
General Dynamics airplanes for, 699
Lockheed airplanes for, 581
North American airplanes for, 548, 573
Republic airplanes for, 529
Desert Storm. See Persian Gulf War designations of airplanes, 14–16, 506
Army/Army Air Corps/Air Force, 14, 16, 50, 53–54, 80, 570, 571
Navy, 15, 16
designations of missiles, 570
Devastator. See TBD-1
DH-4, 4, 5, 10, 17, 18–19, 18, 23, 80, 132, 139, 513, 663
DH-4B, 5, 19, 20, 22, 80, 82, 127, 132
DH-4M, 20–21, 20
DH-4M-1, 79–80, 132
DH-4M-2, 80
DH-9, 4, 19
CS), 693
digital integrated attack navigation system (DIANE), 615
dive-bombers
interwar period, 9, 115, 127–28
World War II, 192, 210–15, 218–19
Do 17, 199
Dolphin. See OA-4
Dominator. See B-32
Dominican Republic
civil war, 340
North American airplanes for, 340
Vought airplanes for, 139

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