Full Description
Organized by type, World War II Military Aircraft includes more than 50 of the best- known aircraft to fly for all nations from 1939 to 1945, from classic fighters such as the Messerschmitt 109, Supermarine Spitfire and North American P-51 Mustang, through the great bombers of the era, including the Avro Lancaster, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Heinkel He 111H, to the aircraft that fought across the vastness of the Pacific Theatre, such as the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Grumman F4F Wildcat and Douglas SBD Dauntless torpedo bomber. World War II Military Aircraft also features 12 large-scale gatefolds of key types, including the multirole German Junkers Ju-88 fighter-bomber, the British rocket-armed Hawker Typhoon, which proved essential in winning the battle for Normandy, and the Soviet Yak fighter, the first in one of the longest-running aircraft production programs in history. Each entry includes a dozen annotations detailing aspects of the type's technology, from powerplant and armament to crew compartment and aerodynamic elements. Featuring the greatest aircraft of World War II, this book is the perfect gift for military aviation enthusiasts and modellers.
Contents
Contents
Fighters Supermarine Spitfire (UK) [Gatefold feature] North American P-51 Mustang (USA) [Gatefold feature] Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Germany) [Gatefold feature] Messerschmitt Me 262 (Germany) Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Germany) Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Japan) [Gatefold feature] Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (USA) Lockheed P-38 Lightning (USA) Yakovlev Yak-3 (USSR) Vought F4U Corsair (USA) Hawker Hurricane (UK) Lavochkin La-5/La-7 (USSR) Fairey Fulmar (UK) Macchi C.202 Folgore (Italy) Bristol Beaufighter (UK) Kawanishi N1K-J Shiden (Japan) Dewoitine D.520 (France) Grumman F6F Hellcat (USN) [Gatefold feature] Grumman F4F Wildcat (USA)
Heavy and Medium Bombers Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (USA) Boeing B-29 Super Fortress (USA) Consolidated B-24 Liberator (USA) [Gatefold feature] North American B-25 Mitchell (USA) Avro Lancaster (UK) [Gatefold feature] Handley Page Halifax (UK) Short Stirling (UK) Heinkel He 111 (Germany) [Gatefold feature] Dornier Do 17 (Germany) Junkers Ju 88 (Germany) Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" (Japan) Petlyakov Pe-2 (USSR) Tupolev Tu-2 (USSR) Martin B-26 Marauder (USA) Douglas A-20 Havoc/Boston (USA/UK) de Havilland Mosquito (UK) [Gatefold feature]
Dive Bombers and Attack Aircraft Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (Germany) [Gatefold feature] Douglas SBD Dauntless (USA) Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (USA) Aichi D3A "Val" (Japan) Fairey Swordfish (UK) [Gatefold feature] Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik (USSR) [Gatefold feature] Blackburn Skua (UK) Nakajima B5N "Kate" (Japan) Hawker Typhoon (UK) Grumman TBF Avenger (USA)
Transport, Recon, & Maritime Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Germany) Douglas DC-3 (USA) Consolidated PBY Catalina (USA) Supermarine Walrus (UK) Short Sunderland (UK) Kawanishi H8K "Emily" (Japan) Junkers Ju 52 (Germany)
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