AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARPLANE 1939-45
Written by Philip Jarrett
Published by Putnam
in 1997
ISBN: 0851778755
AIRCRAFT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARPLANE 1939-45
Written by Philip Jarrett.
Stock no. 1327981
1st.
1997.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Putnam's History of Aircraft series. A combined study of an outstanding era in the evolution of the flying machine. B/w photos. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0851778755. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Axis Aircraft at the Outbreak of War
- 2. Allied Aircraft Development in the Early War Years
- 3. Fighter Development, Mid-1941 to Mid-1945
- 4. The Bomber Revolution
- 5. Airmobility: Aircraft in Support of Ground Forces
- 6. Naval Aircraft in the Second World War
- 7. The Helicopter's First War
- 8. Armament Diversifies
- 9. The Well-equipped Warplane
- 10. Propulsion
- 11. Testing and Ferrying
- 12. Training: a Vital Command
- Index