Air Combat 1945: The Aircraft of WWII's Final Year softcover
Air Combat 1945: The Aircraft of World War II's Final Year: Stackpole Military Photo Series softcover
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.
Published 2015, 204 pages, hundreds of black & white photographs and 27 colour photographs and 12 illustrations, bibliography, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
Stackpole Military Photo Series
Each title in this series is lavishly illustrated with photos, colour and black and white depending on the era of the book. All photos are well captioned, and each book has some background text as well, and some include bibliographys, glossary and appendices. Format is 8 1/2” x 11 inches softcover.
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