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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 13


Matador missile (B-61), 570
Maughan, Lt. Russell L., 59
Mauler. See AM-1
Maverick missile (AGM-65), 600, 652–53, 653, 669, 673, 674, 676, 677, 685, 698, 701
MB-1 (GMB), 22, 28–29, 28, 39–40, 39, 116
MB-1 missile (Genie), 550, 578, 584
MB-2, 28, 29, 40, 40, 65, 654
MB-3, 29, 33–34, 35, 53, 59, 146
MB-3A, 34, 36, 36, 58
MBT, 116
McCampbell, Capt. David, 470
McClellan, Sen. John L., 689
McConnell, Gen. John P., 673
McConnell, Capt. Joseph, Jr., 534
McDonnell, James S. (1899-1980), 208, 356, 617
McDonnell airplanes, 693n
      designations of, 356, 631
      export of, 578, 676, 677–78, 684–85
      See also AV-8B; F2H; F3H; F-4; F-23; F-85; F-88; F-101; FH; P-67
McDonnell Douglas airplanes, 693n
      export of, 694–95, 694, 696, 702
      See also F-15; F/A-18
McGuire, Maj. Thomas, Jr., 313
McKeever, Maj. Andrew E., 28
McNamara, Robert, 606, 689, 704 ******
Me 163, 543, 544
Me 262: 267, 353, 520
Menasco B-6 engine, 136
Mercator. See P4M
Merlin engine (Packard). See V-1650
Merlin engine (Rolls-Royce), 302–3, 334, 338
Messerschmitt airplanes, 332
    109: 274
    Bf 109: 288, 297, 298, 302, 313, 331
    Bf 110: 306, 344
    Bf 209: 475
Meteor (British), 352
Mexico
    Bellanca airplanes for, 198
    Douglas airplanes for, 84, 95–96, 96, 212
    Republic airplanes for, 331
    Vought airplanes for, 397, 398, 408
Meyer, John C., 336
MF-1A, 292
MF-3B (Navy: F3H-2M: Demon), 630, 631, 631, 633
Mi-8 (Iraqi), 692
Mi-8 (Syrian), 699
MiG-15 (Russian), 254, 355, 493, 508, 515, 522, 533, 555, 621, 622, 628, 631, 650
MiG-17 (Russian), 500, 515, 558, 574, 582, 583, 640, 650, 681, 683
MiG-19 (Russian), 558, 561, 573, 650, 683
MiG-21 (Russian), 574, 576, 650, 654, 681, 683, 684, 685, 694, 696, 702
MiG-23 (Iraqi), 695, 696, 700
MiG-23 (Libyan), 692
MiG-23 (Russian), 693
MiG-25 (Iraqi), 696, 700
MiG-25 (Russian), 658, 693, 694
MiG-29 (Iraqi), 696
Mighty Mouse (FFAR), 546, 548, 549
Miller, Jay, 652n
Miller L-510 engine, 344
Minuteman missiles, 570, 708, 710
Mirage (French), 698
Mirage (Iraqi), 695, 696
Missileer. See F6D
missiles
    air-to-air, 503, 504, 545–50, 569, 574, 652, 665, 703
    air-to-surface, 652–53
    ballistic, 568, 570, 584, 586, 654, 703, 704, 710, 713
    cruise, 679, 706, 707–8
    designations of,
    decoy, 567, 570
    submarine-launched, 570, 703, 707, 708, 710
    surface-to-air (SAM), 563, 567–68, 569, 573, 654, 665, 666, 667, 673, 682, 683, 685, 703, 704

Mitchell. See B-25; PBJ-1
Mitchell (British), 256, 261
Mitchell, Brig. Gen. William (1879-1936), 40–41, 42, 43–44, 77
Mitsubishi airplanes
      F-86 production, 537
      G3M, 232
      Ki-20, 229
      Zero, 13, 276, 281, 293, 322, 463
Mk XI bombsight (Norden), 106, 111, 415
Mk XV bombsight (Norden), 127, 225, 362, 363, 418
MO-1, 5, 131, 132, 132
Moffett, Rear Adm. William, 9–10, 159
Mohawk (British), 289, 290
Monomail, 223
monoplanes, replacement of biplanes with, 164, 175, 450, 452, 454
Morane airplanes, 25
Morocco, North American airplanes for, 665
Mosquito, 219
Moss, Sanford A., 65
MS-1, 136
MT-1 (TM-1), 116, 116
Mustang. See P-51
Mustang (British), 298, 332, 333, 333, 334, 335, 337
Mutual Assured Destruction, 650
Mutza, Wayne, 591n
MX-324, 519
Myasishchev M-4 (Russian), 498, 558, 575

N
N-1 (Navy), 115
N-1M, 343, 510
N-3PB, 373–74, 373
N-9M, 511
NA-21 (B-21), 232–33, 233
NA-40, 198, 199, 202, 254
NA-40B, 199, 199
NA-44, 198, 198
NA-50, 292, 293, 294, 332
NA-62. See B-25
NA-68 (P-64), 294, 294
NA-69 (A-27), 198, 199
NA-72, 199
NA-73, 332–33, 332
NA-74, 199
NA-82. See B-25
NA-87. See B-25D
NA-90. See B-25C
NA-97, 334
NA-98. See B-25H
NA-101, 334
NA-105, 338
NA-108. See B-25J
Nakajima E4N, 138
NAS Pearl Harbor, Hawaiii. See Pearl Harbor
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 14, 296
      airfoil, 2300 series, 282
National Guard aviation
      interwar period, 85, 86, 91, 96, 98, 180, 184
      Cold War, 331
Navaho missile (B-64), 570
Naval Aircraft Factory airplanes, 4, 5
      Curtiss airplane production, 101–103
      DT-2 production, 118
      PB-2 production, 105
      TS production, 147
      VE-7 production, 130
      See also F-5 (Navy); N-1; NO-1; NO-2; PBN-1; PN-7/12; OS2N-1; OSN-1; P2N; P4N; PT-1; PT-2; SBN; SON; T2N; TF; TN-1
Naval Air Transport Service, 376
Navy aviation, U.S.
      1st centralized digital computer in, 598
      World War I, 4, 39, 129
      interwar period, 5–10
          amphibian planes, 81, 132–36
          attack planes, 115, 415–18, 419–24, 425–26, 428–29
          bombers, 361–67, 380–81
          dive bombers, 115, 127–28
          fighter planes, 64, 69, 145–62, 443–54
          patrol planes, 99–114


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