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Allied Jet Killers of World War 2
Stephen Chapis
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Description for Allied Jet Killers of World War 2
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Laurier, Jim. Series: Aircraft of the Aces. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 b/w; 32 col. BIC Classification: HBW; HBWQ; JW; JWG; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 184. .
Allied fighter pilots began encountering German jets - principally the outstanding Me 262 fighter - from the autumn of 1944. Stunned by the aircraft's speed and rate of climb, it took USAAF and RAF units time to work out how to combat this deadly threat as the Luftwaffe targeted the medium and heavy bombers attacking targets across the Reich. A number of high-scoring aces from the Eighth Air Force (Drew, Glover, Meyer, Norley and Yeager, to name but a few) succeeded in claiming Me 262s, Me 163 and Ar 234s during the final months of the campaign, ... Read more
Allied fighter pilots began encountering German jets - principally the outstanding Me 262 fighter - from the autumn of 1944. Stunned by the aircraft's speed and rate of climb, it took USAAF and RAF units time to work out how to combat this deadly threat as the Luftwaffe targeted the medium and heavy bombers attacking targets across the Reich. A number of high-scoring aces from the Eighth Air Force (Drew, Glover, Meyer, Norley and Yeager, to name but a few) succeeded in claiming Me 262s, Me 163 and Ar 234s during the final months of the campaign, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Aircraft of the Aces
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472823526
SKU
V9781472823526
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Stephen Chapis
Stephen Chapis has been a warbird photojournalist for Warbird Digest (WD) magazine since 2007 and was named Assistant Editor for the magazine in 2014. In addition to WD, Stephen has been published in Aeroplane, Combat Aircraft, EAA's WARBIRDS, FlyPast, Red Alert (Redstar Pilots Association magazine), and World Airshow News. In addition to his 300 hours logged in the air ... Read more
Reviews for Allied Jet Killers of World War 2
I highly recommend this latest addition to the Aircraft of the Aces series by Osprey Publishing. Along with their previous releases, Allied Jet Killers of World War 2 belongs in any aircraft modeler's book shelf. - IPMS / USA