Item:

• GIN020 Naval Fighters Number Twenty: Grumman AF Guardian Aircraft Book
• By Steve Ginter
• Text: English.
• Illustrated.
• Publish Date: 1991.
• 80 PAGES, 128-B&W PHOTOS, 8-COLOR PHOTOS, 22-PAGES DRAWINGS
• Softcover
• ISBN 0-942612-20-5

Description:

• The Grumman AF Guardian was a replacement aircraft for the Grumman TBM Avenger.  The Grumman AF Guardian was a post-World War 2 carrier-based Torpedo bomber and was used for anti-shipping and anti-submarine duties.  It saw brief service with the United States Navy and United States Marines during the early days of the Cold War.  This book features history, technical data, and photographs of the Grumman AF Guardian.  
• In 1953, the mainstay of carrier-based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) forces in the Navy were represented by a pair of Grumman AF-2W and AF-2S Guardians flying as a hunter-killer team and operating from an escort carrier of the Commencement Bay(CVE-105) class. The Guardian's wingspan of 60 feet, length of 43 feet 5 inches and height of 16 feet 7 inches, made it the largest single-engine piston-driven airplane ever to operate from an aircraft carrier.......