Thach Weave: The Life of Jimmie Thach Dallas Olive ISBN13: 9781480176416

ISBN13: 9781480176416

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Author: Alan Leslie Cockerill

Thach Weave: The Life of Jimmie Thach Dallas Olive ISBN13: 9781480176416This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II. While O'Hare and Flatley were instrumental in making the weave a success, Thach was its theoretical innovator, and his use of the tactic in combat at Midway documented its practical application. This portrait of the famous pilot provides a memorable account of how