Product Highlights
F4F Wildcat vs A6M2-N "Rufe": Solomon Islands 1942-43 is an Osprey Duel series title by Pacific War historian Michael John Claringbould, examining the engagements between the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps F4F Wildcat and the Imperial Japanese Navy's A6M2-N "Rufe" floatplane fighter.
Features
- 80 pages
- Illustrated throughout with archive photographs and newly commissioned artwork
- Softcover
- Measures 10" x 7"
About the Book
While the best-known Guadalcanal air battles pitted F4F Wildcats against Mitsubishi Zero fighters, Wildcats also fought the A6M2-N "Rufe," a floatplane variant of the Zero that American pilots called the "Zero on floats." Drawing on operational documents, combat reports, and firsthand accounts from pilots on both sides, the book reconstructs these lesser-known confrontations fought above the Solomon Islands in 1942-43.
