Air Combat

Dogfights of World War II

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2019
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-3676-2 (ISBN)

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This book brings together the best and most iconic fighters of World War II, pitted against one another in desperate aerial combat.

The battle for the skies in World War II fuelled a race between rival air forces to develop ever faster and more capable fighter aircraft – and the struggle for air superiority was never over until the war itself ended.

This volume explores four clashes of some of the finest planes and pilots, in key theatres of the war: Spitfires duelling the formidable Bf 109 over the Channel, the Fw 190 battling the Soviet La 5 and 7 on the Eastern Front, the F4F Wildcat in a desperate clash with the legendary A6M Zero-sen, and the F4U Corsair in combat with the second-generation Japanese Ki-84 in the closing days of the war.

Fully illustrated with contemporary photographs, maps and colour artwork, Air Combat conveys the full story behind these dramatic aviation duels.

Osprey Aviation Editor since 1989, Tony Holmes is a native of Fremantle, Western Australia. Responsible for devising the Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft, Aviation Elite Units, Duel and X-Planes series, Tony has also written more than 30 books for Osprey over the past three decades.

Foreword

Part I by Tony Holmes
Channel Clashes: Spitfire II/V vs Bf 109F
The Machines
Type History
The Strategic Situation
The Men
Into Combat
Analysis
Aftermath

Part II by Edward M. Young
Hell in the Pacific: F4F Wildcat vs A6M Zero-sen
The Machines
Type History
The Strategic Situation
The Men
Into Combat
Analysis
Aftermath

Part III by Dmitriy Khazanov and Aleksander Medved
Air War in the East: La-5/7 vs Fw 190
The Machines
Type History
The Strategic Situation
The Men
Into Combat
Analysis
Aftermath

Part IV by Edward M. Young
Ill-Fated Defence of the Home Islands: F4U Corsair vs Ki-84 ‘Frank'
The Machines
Type History
The Strategic Situation
The Men
Into Combat
Analysis
Aftermath

Further Reading
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	22.01.2019
Co-Autor	Dmitriy Khazanov, Aleksander Medved, Edward M. Young
Vorwort	Tony Holmes
Zusatzinfo	Fully illustrated with photos and colour artwork
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 242 mm
Gewicht	1324 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4728-3676-6 / 1472836766
ISBN-13	978-1-4728-3676-2 / 9781472836762
Zustand	Neuware