Air Combat 1945: The Aircraft of World War II's Final Year (Stackpole Military Photo Series)

Air Combat 1945: The Aircraft of World War II's Final Year (Stackpole Military Photo Series) image
ISBN-10:

0811716066

ISBN-13:

9780811716062

Author(s): NIJBOER, Donald
Edition: Illustrated
Released: Sep 15, 2015
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
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Description:

The final year of World War II witnessed the decline of the piston-engine fighter and the beginning of the jet age. Taking to the skies were tried-and-true fighters, improved versions of old aircraft, and newly developed jets, including prototypes that flew for the first time just before the war ended.

  • Hundreds of photos chronicle these dynamic aircraft in Europe and the Pacific
  • Includes American Mustangs, Thunderbolts, and Shooting Stars; British Tempests, Spitfires, and Gloster Meteors; German Fw 190s, Bf 109Ks, and Messerschmitt Me 262s; Japanese Ki 100s, Raidens, and Tojos; and many more
  • Ideal reference for military history fans, scholars, and modelers

























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