Green, William – FAMOUS FIGHTERS of the Second World War – 1962

cm. 25,5 x 19, pp. 128, copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, in buone condizioni.

Recent years have seen a great revival of interest in the warplanes used by the combatant powers during the Second World War, and this is particularly true of the fighter aircraft which played such an historic role at that time. Until now the full story of the development of many of these machines has remained untold, but in this book William Green provides detailed histories of the most famous as used by the air forces of Britain, the United States, Germany and Japan. Illustrated with a wealth of detailed drawings and a unique collec tion of photographs, Famous Fighters tells for the first time the story of the first operational jet fighter-Professor Willi Messerschmitt’s famed Me 262; of that fascinating little rocket fighter the Me 163; of Mitsubishi’s A6M Zero-Sen, which was the material symbol of final victory to the Japanese people. There is that truly legendary fighter, the Supermarine Spitfire; the immortal North American P-51 Mus tang; these and many others are described and discussed.

A feature that will be particularly popular with solid scale model builders is the series of full-page general arrange ment drawings by G. W. Heumann, which depict with photographic ac curacy the full insignia, camouflage, squadron and individual markings of these historic machines.