Very Long Range P-51 Mustang Units of the Pacific War (Aviation Elite Units)
Carl Molesworth, Jim Laurierthis Book Will Tell The Little-known Story Of These Brave Men And Their Efforts To Defeat The Aerial Forces Defending Japan During The Final Five Months Of World War 2. Used Initially To Provide Fighter Escort For B-29s Bombing Tokyo And Other Japanese Cities, The Iwo Jima-based P-51s Enjoyed Such Success That They Were Soon Called On To Make Low-level Attacks Against Ground Targets In Preparation For The Invasion Of Japan.
the Book Will Cover The Three Mustang-equipped Very Long Range Fighter Groups Of The Usaaf's Seventh Fighter Command - The 15th, 21st And 506th Fgs - Based On Iwo Jima With An Action-packed Text, Many Rare Photos Drawn From Private Collections And Appendices Providing Statistical Information. These Units Flew Some Of The Most Colourful P-51s Ever Seen In Usaaf, And The Author Has Extensive Photographic References Available To Allow Jim Laurier To Produce Profile Illustrations Of 30 P-51d/ks In Their Finery.
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Aviation Elite Units 13: Luftwaffe Schlachtgruppen
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Их, летающих над Европой на B-17, звали Ангелами Ада.
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Jagdgeschwader 2 : 'Richthofen' (Osprey Aviation Elite 1)
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Martin W. Bowman, Mark Styling
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Barrett Tillman; Tom Tullis(Illustrations)
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Andrew Thomas, John Weal (Illustrator)
The Hurricane saw widespread action with Allied forces, as the RAF's first monoplane fighter. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. It served as a fighter-bomber on the Channel Front, where the American Eagles and Polish units were amongst the Fighter Command squadrons flying the Hurricane, and where some of its highest-scoring aces operated. The Sea Hurricane was the principal fighter deployed by the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean, and Hurricane units continued to operate from bases in India and Ceylon until 1945, following their failure to defend Singapore and Malaya from the Japanese.
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Andrew Thomas, Tony Holmes, Andrew Thomas
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Robert Forsyth; Jim Laurier(Illustrator)
Когда революционный для своего времени истребитель Messerschmitt Me 262 в середине 1944 года впервые появились в небе над Северо-Западной Европой, они стали одной из наиболее серьезных проблем для союзников. Но.. самая современная техника и мужество пилотов ещё не всё в величайшей войне.
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USAS 1st Pursuit Group (Aviation Elite Units)
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Peter Hall, Chris Davey, Hall, Peter
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Greg Vanwyngarden(Illustrations); Harry Dempsey(Illustrator)
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