German Jet Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 17)

Hugh Morgan

ISBN 10: 1855326345 / ISBN 13: 9781855326347

Edité par Osprey Publishing, 1998

Like New condition. Volume 17. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. N° de réf. du vendeur H08Q-00766

Synopsis :

The Third Reichs last ditch efforts to sweep the massed Allied bomber formations from the skies of Germany centred around the new crop of jet wonder weapons that were issued to the Jagdwaffe from mid-1944 onwards.

Far in advance of anything the Allies had even in the experimental phase, types like the Me 262, He 162, Me 163 and the Ar 234 could perform their combat sorties with relative impunity. However, paucity in numbers and unreliable jet engines eventually cancelled out any technological edge that these aircraft offered.

This is the story of the aces that flew these innovative, yet flawed, machines.

À propos des auteurs: 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.

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.

MIKE CHAPPELL comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has written and illustrated many books for Osprey.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : German Jet Aces of World War 2 (Osprey ...
Éditeur : Osprey Publishing
Date d'édition : 1998
Reliure : Couverture souple
Illustrateur : Weal, John
Etat : As New