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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 10

Guardian. See AF-2; AF-3; S-37
Guardsman (AT-12), 280–81, 281, 282
Guatemala
Boeing airplanes for, 273
Cessna airplanes for, 663
civil war and coup (1953–1954), 331–32
Douglas airplanes for, 493
North American airplanes for, 340
Guideline missile (SA-2), 573, 665, 673
gun mounts on airplanes, 196
guns, waist, 362, 363
gunships, 670–72
gunsights, N-2, 278

H
H-bomb. See nuclear weapons
H engine (Wright; Wright-Hispano), 31, 33, 54, 55, 57
H-1 (Owl), 42, 42
H-2 engine, 57
H-4 (Curtiss), 99
H-8 (Curtiss), 99
H-12 (Curtiss), 99–100, 99, 101, 103
H-16, 101–102, 101
H-75 (Hawk), 276, 277, 279, 282–83, 282, 284–85, 292–93
H-75A (Hawk), 288–90, 288, 289, 290, 290, 293, 297
H-75B (Hawk), 282, 283
H-75H (Hawk), 287, 287
H-75M (Hawk), 287, 287
H-75N (Hawk), 287
H-75Q (Hawk), 287–88, 287
H-75R: 285, 285, 289, 295
H-81A (Tomahawk), 297–98, 297, 298
H86A, 299
H87A (Kittyhawk), 299, 299, 300, 301
H-1640-1 engine, 72, 88, 139
H-1690-1 engine, 92, 103
H-2470 engine, 342, 473
H-2600 engine (X-1800), 341, 342, 343, 344–45
HA, 145
HA-1, 145
HA-2, 145, 145
Hagedorn, Dan, 340, 492n
Haiti, North American airplanes for, 661
Halifax (British), 239
Hall, Charles Ward, 101, 106, 147
Hall airplanes. See FH-1; P2H; PH; PTBH
Handley-Page bomber, 5, 37, 37, 38, 115
Hanriot airplanes. See HD
Hansen, Chuck, 501n, 517
Hanson, Robert M., 468
HARM missile (AGM-88), 653, 669, 674, 683, 692, 701
Harpoon. See PV-2
Harpoon missiles (AGM-84), 599, 647, 654, 655, 669–70, 700, 702, 708
Harrier. See AV-8
Harrier (British), 675, 676
Harris, Cmdr. Cecil E., 470
Have Blue, 710
Havoc. See A-20
Havoc (British), 201, 201, 202, 207, 348–49
Hawk, 58–69 I: 66–67, 67
II: 447–48, 448
III: 188, 448–49, 448, 449
IV: 448–49, 448
75. See H-75
export of, 66–67, 67, 166, 188, 276, 279, 287–90, 293, 297, 447–49, 448
See also AT-4; AT-5; F6C; F6C-3; P-1; P-2; P-3A; P-5; P-6; P-10; P-11; P-14; P-17; P-18; P-19; P-20; P-22; P-23; P-36; PW-8

Hawker airplanes
Demon, 271
Fury, 75, 272
Hunter, 538
Hurricane, 171, 274, 284, 298, 308
Hawker Siddeley (British Aerospace) airplanes. See AV-8
HB-1 (Cyclops), 44–45, 45
HB-2, 47, 48
HB-3, 47
H-bomb. See bombs
HD-1, 145–46
HD-2, 7, 146, 146
Heinemann, Edward (1908-1991), 201, 216, 425–26, 439, 452, 601, 610, 612, 616
Heinkel HD 17. See CO-2
Heinkel He 111: 232
Heinkel He 115: 373
Heinkel He 178: 353
Heinkel He 280: 353
Hellcat. See F6F
Hellcat (British), 469, 470–71, 471
Helldiver. See F8C; S3C (Seagull); SB2C
Hellstrom, Leif, 492n
Hercules. See C-130
Hispano engines, 57, 130
Hispano guns, 20-mm, 308
Hispano-Suiza cannon, 172
Hispano-Suiza engines, 28, 30
8A: 25
8B: 26, 30
Hispano Type 404 gun, 286
Honduras
Cessna airplanes for, 663
Vought airplanes for, 497
Hornet. See F/A-18
Hornet engine. See GR-1860; R-1690; R-1860
Hound Dog missile (AGM-28), 559, 568
HS-1L (HS-1), 4, 100, 100
HS-2, 129
HS-2L, 100, 100
HS-3, 100, 101
HS-404 gun, 173
HU-2, 414
Hudson. See A-28; A-29; PBO-1
Hudson (British), 384–86, 384, 385, 386
Huff Daland airplanes. See Keystone airplanes
Hughes, Howard, 219, 275
Hughes airplanes, 219, 275
Hughes fire control systems, 546, 575, 583, 584, 690, 692
Hughes missiles. See Falcon missiles; Sidewinder missiles
Hunter (British), 538
Hurricane (British), 171, 274, 284, 298, 308
Hustler. See B-58
Hydroplane, 3

I
I-A engine, 352
I-14B engine, 352
I-15 (Russian), 195
I-16 engine (J31), 352, 353, 475, 500
I-40. See J33
ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), 568, 570, 584, 654, 703, 704, 710
Il-2 (Russian), 195–96
Il-4 (Russian), 207
Il-10 (Russian), 521
Il-28 (Russian), 500
Ilya Mourometz, 37
Ilyushin DB-3, 232
India, Vultee airplanes for, 213
Indian Air Force, 213, 254
Indonesia
Brewster airplanes for, 457–58
Convair (Consolidated) airplanes for, 368
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 289
Douglas airplanes for, 204, 666
Martin airplanes for, 228, 228
North American airplanes for, 256, 261, 337, 340, 665

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