The Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was constructed as an interceptor with high horizontal speed and climb rate. Achieving good performance in the aforementioned parameters resulted in worse maneuverability, but it was still a very successful design.
Researches the iconic Dambuster raid, profiling each Lancaster crew and their fates.The daring and iconic Dambuster raid (Operation Chastise) on 16th/17th May 1943 caught the public’s imagination...
This is the story of an exceptional young man whose war-time experience was long, considerable and so unusual as to be almost unique.Roy Lane joined the RAF in 1938 as soon as he was old enough. He...
From the Rhine to VE-Day and into the Cold War, 1944-1949
by Greg Baughen
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781036123642
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-05-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Air World
320 Pages
By September 1944 the Western Allies had reached the approximate positions they had held back in September 1939 at the outbreak of war. It had taken more than four years to claw back the territory lost...
From mid-1943, Allied bombing raids over Germany increased in number and severity. The Luftwaffe night fighter aces—using new technology and tactics—managed to cut short the winter 1943/44 raids over Berlin, but by March 1945 the Nachtjagd was in terminal decline. Fully illustrated, this account of the Nachtjagd, 1943–45, features pilots’ accounts.
The most produced fighter aircraft in history, and arguably the single most important German aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was unquestionably the most advanced fighter in...
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