Description
| Product ID: | 9781472823526 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Aircraft of the Aces |
| Title: | Allied Jet Killers of World War 2 |
| Authors: | Author: Andrew Thomas, Jim Laurier, Stephen Chapis |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Air forces and warfare, Military vehicles, Second World War, Air forces & warfare, Military aircraft, United Kingdom, Great Britain, USA, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of the USAAF and RAF pilots who engaged the most technologically advanced combat aircraft of World War 2 – the German jets, which were capable of speeds close to 200mph faster than the best Allied piston-engined fighters of the period. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-12-28 |
