Fork Tailed Devil: The P-38 - Couverture souple

Caidin, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0345312929 ISBN 13 : 9780345312921

Editeur : Ballantine Books, 1983

Synopsis

Book by Caidin Martin

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is known today as a fighter airplane, but in fact it was never intended to combat other fighters, nor was it created as a fighter. It was designed to intercept and destroy enemy bombers. Simply put, it was a flying anti-aircraft weapon, not a combat plane.
But, from the first test flights at Lockheed in 1937, the plane that was to become the P-38 made it clear that it truly was a new generation of fighter. And it demanded a new kind of pilot - one who could handle the kind of firepower and speed that foreshadowed the modern jet fighter.
Here is the story of pilot and plane in development and in combat, as they swept the skies of Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. A magnificent story of one of the finest weapons to be applied in World War II, told by Martin Caidin and the men who flew the 'Fork-Tailed Devils.'

Biographie de l'auteur

Martin Caiden is the bestselling author of SAMURAI! and numerous classics of military history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ballantine Books
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0345312929
• ISBN 13: 9780345312921
• Reliure: Poche
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• Personne responsable: non disponible