Famous Fighters Of The Second World War, Volume One

by William Green

Overview

This volume is the 1960 follow-up to the 1959 publication “Famous Bombers of the Second World War: Volume One,” William Green here covers a further extensive number of aircraft focussing on the fighters used by the Axis and Allies during the Second World War. As before the types in approximate order of introduction to operational service and providing a brief developmental and operational history of each type. Includes ME Komet, Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, Mustang, FW190, the Russian YAK series, Hellcat, Mitsubishi Zero, BF109 and the Lockheed Lightning.

An Invaluable companion to Volume One, as beautifully and comprehensively illustrated as before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786258717
Publisher:	Tannenberg Publishing
Publication date:	03/28/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	385
File size:	65 MB
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About the Author

WILLIAM GREEN (1927-2010) was an aviation and military author. During service with the Royal Air Force he wrote for the Air Training Corps Gazette, later to become Air Pictorial.

Green was technical director to the RAF Flying Review, then editorial director when it became Flying Review International. In 1971 he and Gordon Swanborough jointly created the monthly Air International, of which he remained managing editor until late 1990.

Green edited numerous editions of Observer’s Book of Aircraft and spent most of his adult life doing research and writing on aircraft and aviation. His work Warplanes of the Third Reich is seen as a classic aviation publication. Along with Gordon Swanborough, he wrote several books, including The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Worlds Commercial Aircraft, Illustrated Anatomy of the World’s Fighters, The Complete Book of Fighters and Flying Colours.

GERT W. HEUMANN was a German aviation journalist and illustrator. He was the editor of the Stuttgart trade publication "Flug-Revue".

PETER ENDSLEIGH CASTLE (1918-2008) was an English aviation artist, regarded as a pioneer of the airbrushed multi-view artwork of aircrafts of today. He regularly illustrated for the RAF Flying Review and The Profile series.