Soviet Aces of World War 2

by Hugh Morgan, John Weal (Illustrator)

Overview

No single volume in English has ever appeared in the West dealing with this intriguing subject area, but now that restrictions have relaxed in the former Soviet Union, records of the deeds of the elite pilots of the various Soviet Air Forces are coming to light. Although initially equipped with very poor aircraft, and robbed of effective leadership thanks as much to Stalin's purges in the late 1930s as to the efforts of the Luftwaffe, Soviet fighter pilots soon turned the tables through the use of both lend-lease aircraft like the Hurricane, Spitfire, P-39 and P-40, and home-grown machines like the MiG-3, LaGG-3/5, Lavochkin La-5/7/9 and the Yak-1/3.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472800572
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	01/20/2013
Series:	Aircraft of the Aces , #15
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Hugh Morgan is the Director of an autistic charity based in the Midlands. He has long been fascinated by the aviation world, and has written several very successful titles for Osprey.

Arguably the finest profile artist in the business, Joan Weal's love of German aircraft makes his work a treat for students of the subject. He has written several Aces volumes, and two books on the JU 87 in the companion series Combat Aircraft.
John Weal is Osprey's primary Luftwaffe author and artist. He has written, illustrated and/or supplied artwork for several titles in the Aircraft of the Aces series. He owns one of the largest private collections of original German-language literature from World War 2, and his research is firmly based on this huge archive.

Table of Contents

The Making of a Fighter Ace/Evolution of VVS Fighter Aviation 1941-45/Fighter Aircraft and their Aces/The Leading Aces/Appendices