Flying American combat aircraft of WWII : 1939-45 / edited by Robin Higham.
From bombing raids in the flak-filled skies over Germany and Japan to cargo runs above the snowy Himalayas and wheeling dogfights in nimble fighters, American aircraft contributed to victory in all theaters of World War II.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780811731249
- ISBN: 0811731243
- Physical Description: xv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
General Note: | Articles taken from volumes of Flying combat aircraft of the USAAF-USAF. Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The Forty, the Spit, and the Jug -- B-17 Flying Fortress -- B-25 Mitchell -- P-26 Peashooter -- Flying the North American O-47 and the Curtiss-Wright O-52 -- P-38 Lightning -- The Vultee BT-13A -- B-24 Liberator -- The P-39 Airacobra in Europe -- The B-18 -- A Reminiscence -- C-54 Skymaster -- P-51 Mustang -- P-47 Thunderbolt -- CG-4A Glider -- The P-40 -- B-26 Marauder -- The Flying Fortress and the Liberator -- The XP-40 -- The AT-6 -- B-25 Mitchell -- C-47 Dakota and AC-47 -- The Martin Bomber B-10, B-12, B-10B -- P-39 Airacobra -- South Atlantic Express -- P-40 Kittyhawk -- B-26 Invader. |
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Flying American Combat Aircraft of World War II : 1939-1945
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Flying American Combat Aircraft of World War II : 1939-1945
Riveting, first-person accounts that put the reader in the cockpit Dozens of photographs of the planes and the pilots that flew and fought in the skies from Tokyo to Berlin Find out what it was like to fly some of the all-time classic aircraft of World War II, including the P-51 Mustang, B-17 Flying Fortress, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, P-40 Kittyhawk, and many more!