Thach Weave: The Life of Jimmie Thach

This 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 Thach, convinced that his Wildcat was n...