Alfred Price Libros

The Supermarine Spitfire is probably the most famous fighter aircraft of all time. Its distinctive shape and sound mark it out from most other aircraft of the Second World War period. This work covers aspects of the aircraft's history as diverse and the 'Speed Spitfire', modified in 1938 for an attempt on the world landplane speed record.

During the six years of World War II the science of aviation advanced more rapidly than in any other similar period in history. From that forcing-house of development, five types of aircraft emerged as the truly outstanding combat planes of the era. The stories of their evolution and subsequent combat careers are the subjects of this volume.

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Go above the battlefields of World War I to the Tornado Raids of the Gulf War--17 true combat tales put you in the cockpit in low altitude attacks, battling over the Coral Sea, in Berlin, and aloft in the skies of Vietnam and the Falklands. Special boxed sections provide detailed aircraft information.

During the late 1930s, the fear of an aerial knock-out blow on Great Britain was a dominating factor in the formulation of national policy. This text examines how justified these pre-war fears were in the light of the Luftwaffe's capabilities and examines the subsequent bombing attacks in detail.