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Description
Volume 76 of the "Warpaint series". The emergence of the aircraft carrier after the Second World War as the key fleet unit dictated different methods on how to conduct naval air warfare. The experience gained by the U.S. Navy in the Pacific designated the way how future carrier task forces were to be supported by dedicated anti-submarine warfare aircraft, airborne early warning platforms and effective shore-to-ship aerial communication facilities. Grumman, a traditional supplier of naval aircraft, was quick to respond to this fresh way of thinking, and developed a successful line of three shipboard, twin-engined, unpretentious-looking aircraft. In 1952 the prototype of the S2F "Tracker" made its first flight for the U.S. Navy, solving once and for all the long-standing problem of uniting in one airframe the "hunter" and "killer" pair of anti-submarine aircraft. The "Tracker" went on to become the leading anti-submarine aircraft of its time in the world, serving with numerous air forces and navies well into the 1980s, and indeed some are known to be still in service in Taiwan's navy. From it was developed in 1955 the TF-1 "Trader", with a chubbier fuselage to enable it carry out its role of Carrier On-board Delivery, thus facilitating and standardising ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship communications in the U.S. Navy. The awareness of airborne early warning in the late 1950s gave birth to another variation on the same theme, so that close on the "Trader's" heels came the WF-2 "Tracer", using the deeper fuselage to contain its sophisticated equipment. Its most distinguishing feature, which at the time presented a strange sight, was the large oval 'saucer' fixed atop its fuselage to contain the enormous radar antenna, a rather common and accepted solution these days. Among them these three Grumman products gave the U.S. Navy the lead over all other navies in terms of flexibility, fleet protection and battle management which today's modern navies have taken for granted. The effectiveness of these three aircraft, and later by their successors, was proved time and again during the various conflicts in which the United States has been involved since the Vietnam War. Designed with both the aircraft enthusiast and the modeller in mind, this series offers a comprehensive and accurate account of a single aircraft type within each issue. Drawings provided in both colour side and plan view with 1:72 scale plans, kit decal and accessory lists, squadrons, units and individual aircraft serials in codes, etc.
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- Books (first-hand)
- Author
- Stafrace, Charles
- Title
- Grumman S2F Tracker, TF-1 Trader and WF-2 Tracer
- Details
- English text, paperback, many bw- and colour photos, colour profiles, scale drawings, large format. 60 pages.
- Series
- Warpaint Series
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