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03923aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 5DFDC7B80B6411EAA467CE0D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191120010135 008 170823t20182018enkabf b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 191239006X 020 $a 9781912390069 035 $a (OCoLC)1001443920 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UAB $d IUL $d NZAUC $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-mx--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-mx 050 4 $a D792.M6 $b F567 2018 082 04 $a 940.544972 $2 23 100 1 $a Flores, Santiago A., $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019013376 245 10 $a Mexicans at war : $b Mexican military aviation in the Second World War 1941-1945 / $c Santiago A. Flores. 246 30 $a Mexican military aviation in the Second World War 1941-1945 264 1 $a Solihull, West Midlands : $b Helion & Company Limited, $c [2018] 300 $a 216 pages, xvi pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), color maps ; $c 30 cm. 490 1 $a Latin America@war ; $v No. 9 500 $a Title from cover 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-215) 520 $a "This book introduces the reader to an unknown ally of the Second World War. Few people remember that Mexico, like Brazil, took an active part in that conflict. This volume covers Mexican participation in the Second World War for the first time using photos, documents and testimony from official and personal archives. Mexican nationals or those of Mexican descent were already volunteering for the Allied air forces of the British Commonwealth and the Free French naval and air forces While the Mexican republic first had to defend both its coasts and its shipping from enemy submarines, using its obsolete general purpose biplanes, following the sinking of Mexican ships by German U-boats the first North American Texan armed trainers entered service in the Gulf of Mexico, earning the title of the Mexican Dive Bomber. Due to the necessities of the war, the service had to reorganize its aviation assets to be able to receive a larger number of American-built lease aircraft, which started the modernization and reorganization process that is felt even today. The war affected all aspect of Mexican military aviation from tactical units, to training, to logistics and military doctrine. This also led to the establishment of Mexican Naval Aviation which also ledt o the creation of its first naval squadron to patrol the Gulf of Mexico. One aspect that the war affected was the training of the new generation of military personnel, some of whom would later see action before the end of the war. As Mexico was securing its coasts and sending aviation personnel to train in the USA, it would later field its fighter squadron to participate in the liberation of the Philippine islands. By the end of the war the Mexican air force had experienced its most rapid growth since it was officially established back in February 1915. The text is fully supported by numerous previously unpublished photographs and color profiles showing camouflage and markings." --Publisher description. 610 10 $a Mexico. $b Fuerza AeÌrea Mexicana $x History. 610 17 $a Mexico. $b Fuerza AeÌrea Mexicana. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00589054 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, Mexican. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Participation, Mexican. 651 0 $a Mexico $x History $y 1910-1946. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084592 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 830 0 $a Latin America @ war ; $v no. 9. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018057668 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211020202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5DFDC7B80B6411EAA467CE0D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search